What’s The Best Way To Record Great Tone? with Jamie Dickson
This month, Jamie switches amps, ditches the mic and microphones and tries using a reactive loadbox to get the rich, glitch-free recorded tone he’s been longing for…
I’d like to be able to say that in the world of long-term tests, everything is run with the utmost professionalism in a gleaming studio with perfectly functioning test gear. Unfortunately that isn’t quite the case, not in my home studio anyway. As regular readers may recall, I started my longterm quest in order to find the easiest means to record great electric guitar tone at home using a Shure Beta 57A mic and my Dr Z combo. Now, I love the Dr Z and it will always be my go-to live amp – it sounds and feels fabulous to play, it’s got all the features I like and looks fab too. But, in the home studio, it has
