Distorted guitars?

[ecktronic]

you don't have to use reamping as the final take, but as a means of finding the tone. reamping makes it much more convenient.

Yeah exactly what I was thinking.

Cheers,
Eck

 

[ecktronic]

How do you like the Marshall?

It sounds not bad live, but not what I am looking for really. It's far too grizzley, and harsh sounding, with a pretty loose and dirty low end also.

Eck

 

[ecktronic]

I agree that the Firepod's preamps are definitely not bad, but I just never really thought they added anything to the guitar. I just bought a Digi 002, threw a 57 on my amp, added very little EQ (cut some lows out, dipped a little around 450 Hz) and the tone I got was this:

I played both guitars / bass, and my friend played drums. Ya ya, bass is a little out of tune, and I suck at bass, haha. =] Both left and right are done with:

Peavey 5150
Avatar Cab w/ Vintage 30's
Gibson SG

SM57 a little left of the center of the cone (half inch on left, 2 1/2 on right).

Changed tone / gain between the left and right guitars when I recorded them.

I think they sound pretty good, but maybe everyone here will rip my recording a new asshole and say they suck, but to me I like it. And I could never accomplish that with the Firepod preamps. Same setup and everything.. Hope that helps at all.

Peace!

PS. I recorded, mixed, and mastered 3 songs (including the one I posted) in 3 hours, so it isn't the best I could've done, but it came out awesome to me. =]

Yeah the guitars sound a hell of alot better than mine. A bit lacking in presence, but still good.

Eck

 

[ecktronic]

I've also gotten pretty good tones with a JCM2000 DSL 100 before.

http://myspace.com/nightrunsred

Listen to the first song, Innocence Long Lost. The left guitar is a JCM2000, and it was recorded with my old MBox.

Then, listen to the other 3 songs, I recorded those also, with a Firepod. The guitar tone on those one's are horrible. Same amps, same mic positioning, etc. The drum mix on the first song is far better also, haha. =]

Like I said, hope this helps. =]

Peace!

Again, much better than my heavy guitar recordings.
Nice one.

Cheers for sharing your recordings.

Eck

 

[inmyheartx]

Again, much better than my heavy guitar recordings.
Nice one.

Cheers for sharing your recordings.

Eck

Haha, no problem dude. But like I said, I could never get good guitar recordings with the Firepod. But, maybe i'm just an idiot, haha. =P

Peace!