Recording guitars is a never ending battle, and you can do it so many different ways. In today's music, the raw sound of a guitar direct into a computer is the perfect fit. Other times, the traditional mic'ing of the amp is the way to go. I experiment with different methods all the time and work constantly to improve it.

My go to set up over the past two years is plugging my pedal board into my UA-610 Pre-Amp and then pulling up a simple amp model in Logic with a clean tone. I mix up my effects with those in Logic; and usually I can dial it in. These days, I have opted to mic my amp and go for the tone that way. Both ways have worked well for multiple situations.

Here are some examples of my home recordings with different recording set ups. Keep in mind these were all mixed and mastered, but no amount of mixing or mastering will fix a bad guitar sound.

Search and Rescue
- mixture of a mic'd Fender Super Reverb and my direct set up; plugging my pedal board into the UA and using a Logic amp model.

Full Suspension
- all guitars using a Line 6 Pod XT Live

The Battle Anthem
- clean guitars direct in with Logic effects and amp models