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.
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The Best Multi-Effects Pedals
The best multi effects pedals for guitar, from the Line 6 HX Stomp to the Boss GT-1000 and Headrush, plus…
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What Is a Tube Screamer?
What is a Tube Screamer? A plain-English guide to the Ibanez TS9 and TS808 overdrive pedal, how it shapes your…
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How to Build a Pedalboard
Learn how to build a pedalboard step by step — signal chain order, power, board size, and cabling — so…
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The Best Delay and Reverb for Guitar
The best delay reverb for guitar, from Strymon and Boss pedals to plugins like Valhalla and Soundtoys, plus how to…
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The Best Distortion Plugins for Guitar
The best distortion plugins guitar players use: amp sims, drive and fuzz for crunch to high-gain metal, plus how to…
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Analog Pedals vs Plugins
Analog pedals vs plugins for guitar recording: tone, feel, cost, flexibility and noise compared, plus when hardware is worth it…
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How to Use Guitar Pedals in Your DAW
How to use guitar pedals in DAW workflows: run hardware pedals into your interface, combine them with amp sims, manage…
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The Best Guitar Pedals for Recording
The best guitar pedals for recording at home: overdrive, boost, fuzz, delay and reverb that translate to a DAW, plus…
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The Best Bass Plugins
The best bass plugins for home recording: amp sims, compressors, EQ, distortion and saturation to turn a clean DI into…
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How to Mix Bass Guitar
How to mix bass guitar so it sits tight and full: level, compression, EQ, distortion for definition, and locking the…