What's the best electric guitar sound you've ever achieved, and how did you get it?

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Muyukiguki

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Be specific; what mic(s), mic spacing, signal chain, guitar, amp (or emulator), fx, overdrive, plugins, ect...

Mine was...:

Gibson Les Paul Studio w/ Burstbuckers.

Mesa Nomad 45w on Channel 3, everything close to 1 o'clock.

Audix d4 3 inches away from speaker, off center.

Cascade Fathead II w/ tranformer mod about 1 foot behind and 2 inches to the left of the Audix.

Ran everything into a DDA forum board, no eq or compression.

By far the best hard rock rhythm sound I've ever got!
 
Quite seriously:
Bruno Royal Artist semi acoustic single coil bridge position;
Ibanez renometre set to Hi Boost & Boost;
Marshall Superbass MkII with presence & treble at 1 o'clock;
Etone 200w single speaker;
Tandy Hiball dynamic mic slightly of axis;
Yamaha MT100 four track built in pre cranked to consistently tip into the red zone on the recording meter &
TDK Chrome tape
As witnessed on Mercedes #1, So Long Shuffle & Revolution Blues at Soundclick.
 
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guitar goes to the pedalboard, with the requisite overdrive, compressor, noise gate, tuner, wah and vibe....

that goes into a 1981 Mesa Boogie Mark2B 60 watt short shell head....

out of that, directly into the Palmer PDI-09, which is how i capture the sound that goes on the recording. at line level.

out of the palmer thru a parallel out, into a Weber Mass lite attenuator, so i can bring the cabinet volume down for monitoring or micing, at either whisper or screaming volume.

out of the Mass Lite, into a AVATAR vintage closed back cab, with a Celestion Heritage G12.

i can mic that cab using either a sm57, or a AT4033, and blend it with the direct Palmer sound, or just use the Palmer signal, which is what i typically do.

A Yamaha DG stomp effects pedal, is in the effects loop of the boogie, which is great live, but i never use it for recording..

i always record bone dry, and add effects at mix down.
 
One night on stage, with my same old guitar, same old pedalboard, same old amp, I went up for a solo and suddenly I had the "woman sound" nailed. I don't know exactly how I got there and I haven't been able to reproduce it since. I know generally what I was doing, and I've been able to get close to that sound on purpose, but never before or since have I sounded like that.
 
The best? There's no one best sound. What I liked thirty years ago sounds lame to me now. I have several electrics and several amps, and whichever one is in my hands at the moment is the "best" sound. Otherwise I'd pick up something else.
 
I can't think of a "best" sound, but I've had lots of really good ones with a variety of guitars, amps, mics, whatever. (Some not so good, too). Variety is the spice of life. :)
 
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