Double or nothin!

I have always used double rhythm guitar parts, and experimented with effects, tone changes and even capo-ing one guitar and playing in a different key to match the original guitar.
I love the way it sounds!~... In my oppinion you need at least one instrument stereo panned and doubled to make the song come alive.
HOWEVER:
I'm somewhat limited in the number of tracks I have available.
(I don't use a computer for recording.) So I can't afford to record everything in stereo like the big boys do!
So I came up with a technique for squeezing more tracks out of my recorders.
FIRST: I combine the left side of the doubled guitar part with some other less important tracks (Harmony background vocals, Keyboard parts etc)
SECOND: I combine the right side with something else (Shaker/ Tamborine/Djembe)
This keeps the cool doubled stereo effect out front, and adds a few other interesting sounds that I wouldn't want to waste a whole track on.
BE SURE TO BALANCE THE VOLUMES OF EACH TRACK CAREFULLY
(you can't change the relative balance later)
DOM FRANCO
