Recording/mixing a two piece rock band?

[AndrewB]

Me and a friend have a two piece rock band (think Black Keys, White Stripes, etc.), and we're planning on recording an EP pretty soon. So (and yes, this is a definite blanket question), how would I go about recording and mixing this?

I was thinking that maybe I'd rely mostly on OH and room mics for the drum sound, with just the snare and kick being close miced. But how would I treat these different mics?

But my most pressing question is: How do I compensate for the lack of a bass guitar, and not make the recording sound empty?

 

[luismars]

Get a bass player. (If you want to give it a try, pitch down your guitar 1 octave)

 

[colonel kurtz]

fwiw, the white stripes definitely rock some bass in their recordings...just saying

 

[DanLights]

Yeah white stripes definitely have bass in the recordings. Just record it and don't make it specially present, just filling up the low end

 

[~BURNY~]

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs don't and they have a pretty cool production on "Fever To Tell". I think the guitar player is using a baritone though and has a healthy amount of lows in his tone.

 

[Cacoph0ny]

thick guitar tone & a huge kick. depending on the style of music you may want to consider using an octaver on the guitar, im pretty sure Jack White does that a ot to compensate for lack of bass when they play live