Advice on recording live guitars.

[idontpullout]

So I've been having some troubles getting good tones from micing an amp, sometimes it's somewhat passable sometimes it's complete garbage! I'm pretty sure my biggest problem is that all of my rooms are square, I tend to get lots of reverb and reflections. I've thought about building an isolations booth/box, or maybe getting some kind of reflection filter. Are these possibly good ideas for a solution or are there other things I could do?


Thanks!

 

[rfahey86]

Is there any acoustic treatment in the room?

 

[idontpullout]

Not much I have a couple bass traps, but treating my room is an ongoing process also

 

[AdamG94]

Does the tone sound good when you're in the room, playing the guitar through the amp?

Also, what gear are you using? and lolzgreg has pictures of his 'isolation booth' scattered about on the forum, which is basically just packs of rockwool surrounding the cab if I remember correctly. So a cheap and easy solution.

 

[idontpullout]

I think the tone sounds nice when it's in the room. Here's an example of the best results i've been able to get with the tone, still not happy with it at all.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12652849/THE LONG JOURNEY new .mp3

I'll definitely check for the lolzgreg pics, sounds to be exactly what I need.