How To Dial In A Smooth Lead Guitar Tone – Recording Metal Guitars

Having trouble achieving a silky smooth lead guitar tone that sits just right within your metal mix?

I’ve found that most people overcomplicate the process of dialing in smooth lead guitar tones.

Firstly, many guitar players and audio engineers alike LOVE making stuff complicated. I’d be guilty if I said I wasn’t of the same mindset myself back in the day. Luckily I’ve learned my less the hard way.

Many think you need high-end pickups (sometimes active and sometimes passive…depending on who you ask).

Others think you need a boutique tube head..

Or overprice pedals.  

I’m here to tell you that you don’t need any of the above to achieve a silky smooth lead guitar tone in your recordings.

At the end of the day, it’s actually much more straightforward than you’d think.

In this tutorial, I show you how it can be achieved with just a few very simple tools.

As a matter of fact, you probably own all of the gear necessary to achieve the tone you’re after.

If you dig the tone in the tutorial, you can download the exact same impulse response being used by clicking HERE.

Download the IR, load it into your favorite amp sim plugin and get right to dialing in a killer heavy guitar tone with ease.

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My name is Bobby Torres and I’ve been a full-time audio engineer/producer/mixer within the metal and hard rock genres for well over a decade.

I’m on a mission to put an end to all of the false information that leads aspiring producers and mixers down a never-ending path of confusion, wasted money, wasted time and very little progress.

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