How to Record Electric Guitar - Part 1: The Basics

Neumann & award-winning filmmaker Geert Verdickt show you the basics for recording electric guitars.
Presentation, Concept, Art Direction: Geert Verdickt
Script: Alphonse Gustafson
Guitar: Jörn Heilbut
D.o.p.: Igor Gaasbeek
Camera Assistant: Toon Persyn
Sound Engineer: Reinhoud Maes
Motion Graphics Designer: Axeli Virtanen
Recording & Mix Engineer: Sebastian Schmitz (Portfolio Manager Microphones / Neumann)
Location: Watt Matters Studio, Bielefeld/Germany
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[@clayteasouth]

Great series. I like recording with real amps and effects for inspiration alone. To me this is most important. I can then reamp with multiple mics or use amp sims and even mix both real and sims together. Talk about choices and not being left to use software alone.

[@peterm3964]

Lefty playing a righty set up for a lefty with a lefty neck strung for a righty !!! My mind is officially blown . And it sounds good too . Albert King would be impressed .

[@TheRicokilla]

Nice. But where's part 2. Patiently waiting

[@DecibelOfficial]

These are not only informative, but super well-shot and choreographed. Very impressive 👏

[@GeorgNeumannGmbH]

Hi! Thank you for sharing your thoughts on our tutorials! We really appreciate your input!

[@jkou5549]

Great info, thank you guys. Will be recording some things at home soon using a Strat and Les Paul through a Marshall dsl5. Think I need to have the Strat adjusted.

[@JudeIsaDawson]

Thank you so much for this beautiful tutorial 👍🏻😊🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@GeorgNeumannGmbH]

Hi Jude, we're so glad you like it and we always appreciate feedback! Have a lovely day!

[@initspurestform1793]

Great video man you explained this perfect!!!

[@kostis6]

Great info but what if you want to record all effects at the same time? i usually record one take with drive pedals + octaver +modulation and another one with all my effects on. I choose later if the effected tracks fit in the mix. Most of the cases they do fit. Thanks!

[@KingGrio]

Love the series ! Beware though, I think this guitar's compressor settings were a bit too harsh. Big chords at 6:30 of the video, compressor kicking in fast is really audible.

[@JoshTurnerGuitar]

Excellent video! Extremely important advice. Quick question though - in the final tone example at 6:25, it sounds like there's a hard limiter with about a .25 second attack time on the guitar that is really aggressively clamping down on the dynamics. Is this deliberate? and if so, is it part of the player's setup or was it something done after the fact?

[@GeorgNeumannGmbH]

Hi Josh, what you hear there is a side effect of crosstalk from the amp into Geert's headset microphone. We tried to minimize it, but at these amp levels it can’t be avoided in all cases.

[@saepiumv3813]

Very informative video! Thanks for making this :)

[@tanmay7637]

that is a fantastic tone

[@ufky1]

Thanks for these useful videos:)! Would u make a video about recording of singing-playing on an acoustic amp same time (plug in guitar-mic) and best solution for that kind of performance like live performance in a bar,pub thanks:)

[@trevormadsen]

I use dynamic mic for recording E. guitar (SM 57). It sounds so pure and without any room ambience.

[@silvioguilherme44]

I have a TLM 103 and I use it to record amplifiers, but sometimes I'm afraid of high gain levels that it receives from the amplifiers, can it spoil? Is there any parameter I should follow, any tips?!! Excellent video, great

[@chadbierman8058]

His tone sounds very good!

[@spartacusferdo1178]

thank u guys ! good Info!

[@Kpapa91]

Very informative thank you! I agree that mic recording the guitar amp sounds the best but how do I get rid of the low static hum noise?

[@georgenaydenov8835]

noise gate... probably

[@HilkoGuitars]

Great video series! And "funny" to see a lefty playing "upside down" don't know many players that play with the Bass string at the bottom. Thanks for making these series!

[@MATTHEWJOHNBELL]

I've never seen this before.

[@Fullyandel]

My first investment for my home studio its goint to be a neuman mic ! Love the pristine sound of them !!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@peterm3964]

Have a look at the tlm 107 . It is a multi pattern 103 .

[@Fullyandel]

Ok ill look

[@jacksonneomusic]

I have a loop pedal. Am I able to put a loop from the pedal into FL Studio?

[@CamiloVelandia]

Love the video editing! Nice stuff.

[@GeorgNeumannGmbH]

Hi Camilo, thank you for your positive Feedback. We really appreciate it!

[@AmauryCastillo]

Please post part 2 x_x

[@rebornmusicofficial5897]

Perfection guys. Keep it up.

[@GeorgNeumannGmbH]

Thanks! We're glad you like our tutorials!

[@beau-2222]

It sounds like there's a limiter or something in that us cutting the volume every so often.

[@donjohnson7550]

What if I I have a tube amp and need a high volume in order to record the sound I like? How far should it be

[@GeorgNeumannGmbH]

Hi Don, the signal you are recording should not be above 0dB, as this will lead to distortion. The problem with recording with a high gain is that the recording can't be fixed afterwards. If you record with a lower gain, you can always add distortion and process the signal to your liking 😉

[@TheSprayking]

LOVE THIS SERIES!!!

[@connorm.6253]

Awesome video and sound. You’re a master at your craft.

[@WorshipFog777]

Yes!!

[@williama-d6]

so its ok to record electric guitar with your pedal sounds before eqing

[@levitys123]

These videos make me want to come hang out at Neumann lol

[@evenios2831]

yup but stuff like bias amp 2 and fx are sounding pretty damn good. and costs a hell of a lot less then buying a ton of amps. plus you can change the sound after the fact if you record it dry.. dont diss amp sims they can be very good these days! if you want to go back and change the sound you cant. as the sound id stuck based on what amp you used. i just like the flexiablity of being able to change it then actually you have MORE options to "make your own sound" then you would with just one guitar amp recording. not to mention all the crap you have to lug around if your recoding somewhere else ..your guitar. your amp your petals etc. lots of stuff to lug around! i think discouraging people from using software amps is not very good i got some pretty damn realistic results from software amps of late. and there is proof online that they can sound just as good and with bias amp 2 you can actually make your OWN amp and custimize your own sound further!

[@ploopybear]

Can I hook it up to the computer so that I can record without being too loud?

[@launcelotraven2737]

you might aswell use a virtual amp then

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

phenomenal upload Georg Neumann GmbH. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Keep up the very good work.

[@austinwiebe3801]

Glad to see some lefty representation!

[@user-nv3et7qz4r]

非常棒！

[@DanielS10291]

I dont agree about adding digital effects later, unless you mean sending it back through pedals

[@W34R3N00BZ]

woah the guitarist is left but the strings are gauged upside down!!! like a right handed guitar upside down!

[@paulschlachter4313]

"Nothing that sounds more real than a real amplifier." - If you rephrase that sentence you see why this is a redundant statement: "Nothing sounds more like a real amplifier than a real amplifier". "Modeling software ... is created by people that you have never met they're all created according to their tastes..." - That is also true for real amplifiers.

[@donjohnson7550]

It’s still redundant, and it’s called emphasizing, you idiot. Pick up a freaking book

[@jalengoode3266]

Is that a relic’d lefty guitar??? How??? Also this is a *really* well done video lol

[@francovers22]

I swear all my life I thought the electric guitar was recorded directly through an audio interface!

[@rhyssdasma5099]

is he a left handed player?

[@GeorgNeumannGmbH]

He is 😉

[@rhyssdasma5099]

He's good.

[@PaydenJamesMusic]

I like these, but to compare a well set-up strat to a less than ideal set-up tele seems a bit unfair. The two are so different sounding even when both perfectly set-up. Would have been a little more accurate to use the same guitar and just mess with the bridge or tuning.

[@Xabi_MM]

The guitar is too loud for the mic, like its overloading it

[@peterm3964]

Wow . The stupidity of that statement .

[@aeon_of_aurora]

Having that whole rack of processors and criticizing modeling software seems a little bit contradictory, as the modeling software are no lesser part of the "whole instrument together from guitar to the amp".

[@buddyxxx2951]

I agree. Can you hear the slow attack of the compressor in the last bit?

[@Studio_Papillon]

All my Mics i use are Neumann for me there's no Compromise no ifs and buts when i record.

[@franco.cordini]

Why hating so much on software amplifiers? We are in 2020 dude, amazing options like STL tonehub, neural ,Axe Fx, Kemper etc that will sound 10 times better than that 100w amp with oversaturated compression

[@dakotahrivers6640]

My only problem is having to run a computer full tilt enough to handle low enough latency settings that make it playable. My computer just gets hot trying.

[@MATTHEWJOHNBELL]

Well, they are a microphone company. If you don't have an amplifier, you don't need a mic.

[@torryjaja]

Is that a single shot?? Haha

[@emmanueltalastas796]

So the professor is teaching guitar recording while no shoot for La Casa De Papel?

[@Punttipate62]

Looks more like Angel

[@ahmetayaz41]

cigarette shaped beard

[@hamidaminirad]

The background music is too loud and you talk to quiet. I hardly can understand what you say.

[@juls_producing9750]

why is this dude playing a right handed on left ?

[@DanielS10291]

Left handed guitars are expensive and hard to find…or he wants to be ‘cool’!

[@juls_producing9750]

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[@MATTHEWJOHNBELL]

It's a left handed guitar strung upside down. Never seen this before.

[@HaharuRecords]

Your voice..it doesn't sound like its real time speaking.😒.....i mean you dubbed right..

[@GeorgNeumannGmbH]

Hi! Geerts voice-overs have been pre-recorded, of course. But all the vocals where you see him talking in the video have been recorded live via the headset he is wearing. We did no further overdubbing or editing there. Have a nice day!

[@peterm3964]

Mic six inches from amp . Got it .