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noiseportrait
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I don't think there is anything wrong with your amp. Crate isn't the best, but they can give you a perfectly useable sound. In fact I don't think the guitars on that recording sounded bad at all, but you are very right in that they have no punch and need a lot of tweeking. My 2 cents:
1.)Turn down your distortion on the rhythm guitar even more.
2.)hard pan left and right
3.)get rid of any effects until you get the sound right (this includes compression)
2.)point your sm57 slightly away from the cone (less bright, more punch)
3.)Roll back in some lows and mids on the amp, not too much though
4.)record your bass and drum tracks first. This will make it much easier to get your guitar tracks sounding right for the mix, and this is the way it is done in most recording sessions. Have you ever tried to play drums to a pre-recorded guitar track? What a nightmare!
5.)If you are having trouble with your lead guitar covering up the rhythm parts, then use a different mic, amp, OD pedal, eq, and/or guitar for the lead than you did for the rhythm.
Hope that helps!
1.)Turn down your distortion on the rhythm guitar even more.
2.)hard pan left and right
3.)get rid of any effects until you get the sound right (this includes compression)
2.)point your sm57 slightly away from the cone (less bright, more punch)
3.)Roll back in some lows and mids on the amp, not too much though
4.)record your bass and drum tracks first. This will make it much easier to get your guitar tracks sounding right for the mix, and this is the way it is done in most recording sessions. Have you ever tried to play drums to a pre-recorded guitar track? What a nightmare!
5.)If you are having trouble with your lead guitar covering up the rhythm parts, then use a different mic, amp, OD pedal, eq, and/or guitar for the lead than you did for the rhythm.
Hope that helps!
