which do you guys prefer? Open or Closed back cabs for recording?

[Nathan1984]

I have a very cool cabinet, which has a removable back panel to make it an open back cab. So far I have only used closed back, I was wondering what you guys prefer for recording guitars, open backed cabs or closed?

 

[miroslav]

I don't pay that much attention to it.
I have amp/cabs that are open and ones that are closed....I just plug in and go for a tone I like with whatever am/cab I happen to pick.

Why not just try it both ways and see what the differences are for you.
Also...when you open the back, it makes a difference how close you are to a wall...so there's a lot of variety there too.

 

[Nathan1984]

Yeah, I found that if I have the cab opened back, about two feet from the wall, it gives a real nice tone recording wise, really open and cleaner sounding. Closed backed, it is real bass heavy, and sort of muddy. I used an sm57 but I am gonna try a e609 on it as well, and see how that sounds.

 

[Greg_L]

There's about ten billion variables that come into play. Just try it both ways and see which way you like.

 

[kip4]

Welcome back Greg.
Things should liven up around here now your back