Guitar & Bass

Record and produce guitar and bass at home. Amp and DI techniques, mic placement, tone shaping and the gear that gets great-sounding takes.Start here: The Best Guitar Amp Sims · The Best Free Amp Sims · The Best Amp Modelers · The Best Neural DSP Plugins.

Guitar Tone Tips for Home Recording

Practical guitar tone tips for home recording: fresh strings, clean DI capture, less gain, good cab IRs, double-tracking and mixing…
How to Record a Clean Bass DI

Learn how to record a clean bass DI at home: gain staging, the right input, getting a strong dry signal,…
The Best Acoustic Guitar Plugins

The best acoustic guitar plugins for home recording, from virtual instruments to amp sims and IRs that make a real…
How to Get a Rock Guitar Tone

Learn how to get a rock guitar tone at home: crunchy mid-gain amp sims, an overdrive boost, the right cab…
How to Get a Blues Guitar Tone

Learn how to get a blues guitar tone at home: low-gain breakup, an edge-of-breakup amp sim, light overdrive, neck pickup…
How to Get a Metal Guitar Tone

Learn how to get a metal guitar tone at home: tight gain staging, a boost into a high-gain amp sim,…
How to Fit Guitars and Vocals Together in a Mix

Learn how to fit guitars and vocals together in a mix using EQ carving, panning, dynamic EQ and arrangement so…
How to Make Guitars Sound Bigger

Learn how to make guitars sound bigger in a mix using double-tracking, panning, layering amps and cabs, EQ and depth…
How to EQ Guitars in a Mix

Learn how to EQ guitars in a mix: the key frequency ranges, high-pass filtering, carving mud and fizz, and making…
How to Mix Distorted Guitars

Learn how to mix distorted guitars at home: gain staging, EQ, double-tracking, panning and carving space so heavy rhythm tracks…