Electric Guitar Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/electric-guitar/ Mixing Services and Tutorials Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:44:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.musicguymixing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-music-guy-favicon-32x32.png Electric Guitar Archives - Music Guy Mixing https://www.musicguymixing.com/category/electric-guitar/ 32 32 How to Compress Guitar – Best Settings for Electric and Acoustic https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-compress-guitar/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/how-to-compress-guitar/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:44:15 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=5372 I just talked about what a compressor does for vocals the other day, pointing out that vocals especially need some control via compression due to their relative greater dynamic range. While not nearly as dynamic in most cases, guitar both acoustic and electric can benefit from some compression to help them sit better in the […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/best-guitar-reverb/feed/ 0 Best Amp Modeler – The Best Option (Free and Premium) https://www.musicguymixing.com/best-amp-modeler/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/best-amp-modeler/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:30:06 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=4688 Guitar amp modelers have come light years in the last decade, let alone their early days. I’ll hear stories all the time of guitarists returning to the world of amp modelers after a decade hiatus and being shocked at how the landscape has changed. As I covered in my comparison of DI vs amp, it’s […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/best-amp-modeler/feed/ 0 DI Vs Amp – How They Differ and Which is Better https://www.musicguymixing.com/di-vs-amp/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/di-vs-amp/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:32:51 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=4631 When it comes to tracking guitar, there’s always the question of DI vs amp. Let’s cover how the two options differ and which is better for yielding better sounding results. DI Vs Amp Let’s compare the pros and cons of recording your guitar each way, beginning with DI, or direct input. Recording Guitar DI This […]

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]]> https://www.musicguymixing.com/di-vs-amp/feed/ 0 Guitar Recording With Two Microphones – How To Do It https://www.musicguymixing.com/recording-with-two-microphones/ https://www.musicguymixing.com/recording-with-two-microphones/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:00:09 +0000 https://www.musicguymixing.com/?p=4627 Recording guitar with two microphones allows you to either blend the tones or simply choose which one you prefer later in the mixing stage. With that in mind, I thought I’d do an overview of guitar recording with two microphones. Note that this is specific to amp recording with multiple microphones; for information on acoustic […]

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