Recording Week 3: Guitars

We had three different guitar parts to record; the main rhythm guitar between the verses, the solo guitar between the second and third verses, and the slide guitar, which was with the main rhythm guitar between the verses. Firstly, to record the rhythm guitar we used 2 SM57s on a vox amp which was hooked up to the guitar. 1 of them was in the middle of the amp, the other on the edge to get all of the guitar’s sound. We also used a 414 for room ambience, about 2 meters from the amp with an omni directional polar pattern to pick up all the sound it could. Also we double tracked this part so we could pan it however we wanted. For the solo guitar, we used to the same microphone setup, but put more gain on the amp for a different sound. Finally, we had the slide guitar which used a different amp, but with the same mic setup. This part needed more gain, and we also added a pad to the part to make sure it didn’t overpower anything else.