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.

How to Add Guitar to a Track at Home

Learn how to add guitar to a track at home: recording DI, choosing amp sims, EQ and panning moves, and…
How to Fatten Up Guitars in a Mix

Learn how to fatten up guitars in a mix with double-tracking, hard panning, layering, EQ and saturation moves that turn…
How to Get a Punchy Bass in Your Mix

Learn how to get a punchy bass at home with real EQ moves, compression settings, DI and amp blending, and…
How to Compress Bass Guitar for a Solid Low End

Learn how to compress bass guitar for a consistent, punchy low end, with ratio, attack, release, and threshold settings that…
How to EQ Bass Guitar for a Clear, Full Low End

Learn how to EQ bass guitar for a tight, powerful low end, with concrete Hz and dB moves to fix…
How to Get a Clean Guitar Tone at Home

Get a clean guitar tone that stays clear and full at home, with amp settings, mic placement, gain staging, and…
How to Record Lead Guitar That Cuts Through

Learn how to record lead guitar that cuts through a mix, with mic placement, amp settings, EQ moves in Hz…
How to Record Rhythm Guitar (Home Studio Guide)

Learn how to record rhythm guitar at home – tuning, mic placement or amp sim, double-tracking, hard-panning and EQ moves…
How to Make Guitars Sound Professional

Get a professional guitar sound at home – double-tracking, panning, EQ carving in Hz and dB, and mix moves that…
How to Set Up an Amp Sim (Step-by-Step)

How to set up an amp sim the right way – interface input, buffer size, DI recording, low latency monitoring…