Recent content by NotAlexJones

Threads on forums have to be cleaned all the time due to confrontational internet trolls derailing the discussion which is exactly what's happened here. Nothing SJW about me or anything SJW wanting to have the conversation stay on topic. Try to re-read the thread, it's pretty clear I'm looking...

Nothing SJW about me or the silly last minute name I chose, pretty big judgement call based off a name there slick. I never said iPhone recordings were ideal or even good but often times can give a more accurate idea of how an amp sounds compared to supposed properly mic'd cabs running into...

I never said anything about recording for the purpose of uploading to YouTube, I'm just using those players as a benchmark for how you can spend a pretty penny and still not get what you pay for. I'm building a home studio, it's my hard earned money, and this is how I'm choosing to spend it...

Well the main point of this post is to pinpoint where the failure is for these YouTube guitarists, whether that be the equipment they're using, mic placement, editing the audio in post, whatever the case may be. As I'm trying to avoid throwing money down the drain. I'm not trying to bash guys...

Well I definitely don't see myself using an iPhone to record, but I know what the other posters are getting at. The iPhone recordings tend to be a more accurate representation of the what the amp really sounds like, despite the sound quality or lack thereof. Which brings me back to my original...

I'll start out by saying I love the content from players like Pete Thorn, Rob Chapman, Shawn Tubbs, Rabea Massaad, Dan & Mick from That Pedal Show, and many of the others outstanding players who are making YouTube a better place... But I have a question about their overdriven guitar tones. Every...