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Originally Posted by Sad But True
How do people get guitar tracks to sound full, but not take up all the mix? Is it just a case of notching frequencies out?
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Having good tones in the first place.
Take a well setup expensive guitar with new strings etc etc. Then plug it directly into an amazing amp. Then put a 57 up and another expensive mic if you've got one. Otherwise the 57 should do.
Then plug that mic into a good preamp. Then plug it into some converters.
All listed in the order of importance.
Now none of that matters if either one of these sucks:
A) The player.
B) The Song.
C) The Engineer.
Again, in order of importance.
Also.
Guitar tones usually have a lot more to do with how they interact with the rest of the mix. I.e. Stop pressing the solo button.
And usually a 'full guitar tone' comes from a great bass tone. Get the bass interacting with the guitars and it will fill out the low end that guitars can't possibly do well.