Can't Get Guitar to sound right when recording

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I couldn't believe how Hansen pulled off 1983 live. That side from Electric Ladyland is my favorite Hendrix album.



It reminded me of when Stevie Ray pulled off 3rd Stone from the Sun at El Macambo. Simply great!
 
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DrewPeterson7 said:
Noooooo shit, lol.

Worse still is when you're playing pretty well, but you make a small mistake in a take so you stop, delete, and start over... and then suddenly you do the exact same thing on 20 takes within the first 30 seconds because you've gotten inside your own head and can't play something that should be doable for you. does anyone else do this or am I just that special? 🤣
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You have to learn to not stop when you make a mistake. Play through the whole track even if you tank a section. It’s often easier to punch in the fix.
 
Scott Baxendale said:
You have to learn to not stop when you make a mistake. Play through the whole track even if you tank a section. It’s often easier to punch in the fix.
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I do need to be better about that, to be fair, and I've noticed that "good" takes tend to come together in bunches. "Be a goldfish" and all that. Really what I need to learn, though, is the number of times I do a take, think "that was ok, but lets try again," save it, arm a new track... and 30 minutes later go back and re-listen to the three takes I've decided to keep and realize the first was the best, all along... 🤣 Thankfully I've at least learned to just save multiple decent takes rather than delete and re-record.

Recording is very much a mind game, though. :lol: I've also found I can't track for shit if I'm physically tired, too - my control goes to hell (on, to be fair, fairly technical guitar music).
 
Haha thank you. Still, I can hear it - my groove especially is just gone if I'm exhausted. And there's certainly a mental component to that too, worrying about whether or not you can get in the pocket probably makes it harder to get into the pocket... lol
 
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