Recording 2 guitar parts at once

[NSGUITAR]

Recently I've recorded a band and I've caught myself in a little conundrum.

Lets say there is a riff that both guitar players play in unison.. There is a break, and after this break ONE guitarist remains playing this part as the other plays an accenting chug part. When I was tracking this I just figured I'd keep the same setup... 1 guitar right... 1 guitar left.

But it sounded so weak, so I had them both double track both parts.

What I really want is for the chugs to really push through and the other part sing through. I'm trying to compensate so no power is gone.. Any suggestions?

 

[reg3n]

i'd just use L/R guitars and mono the lead riff (you could play it twice and overdub if you'd like), OR, start messing with everything in a way that guitars are not overpowered/overgained/overwhatever.

 

[guitarguru777]

Yup, have them both play the rhythm part and the guy that normal does the part treat is like a lead either up the middle or double track and do like 30 / 30 each side.

Some SSL might help too