Twin Amplifier Recording For More Tone - Power & Space !!

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Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we got an amp & speaker addiction! - We like 'em BIG - we like 'em small - it's all about tone, the size of the sound, & the spread of the soundstage - whether you're after a perfectly placed guitar in the mix (listen to early Van Halen) or a wall of sound (Black Sabbath) - this is the quickest & easiest way to track that something special.
Also a great way to get that huge bass sound you always wanted - here's how:

First : 

- you're gonna need either a splitter pedal - or a Boss tuner (they have two outputs)

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guitar tuner splitter pedal

 - one output goes to your regular amp - like this one:


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This will give you the meat of your tone - so for instance - if you were a jazz guitarist & liked a lot of clean heavy bottom in your guitar sound - you may well use a bass rig as your first amp - and a smaller guitar amp with a 10 or 8 inch speaker for the second - which will add the midrange punch when mixed in.
Same for bass - use a regular setup for the basic bass tones - then use something like this:

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& dial in a bit of overdrive or distortion - mic them up separately & record to their own tracks - (make sure they are in phase) - then mix in the smaller amp to taste - heavies things up a treat & you don't lose any bass tone from the original signal.
Tricks - we got em all!
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