The Secret to Wide Guitar Sounds

Discover tips for getting huge-sounding pro guitar recordings.

In this video, Grammy-winning producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon) walks you through the guitar recording chain he used to record guitar/drum duo, Robot Monster at UA headquarters in Santa Cruz, California.

Wanting to capture the spontaneous energy of a live performance, and get a wide, fat guitar sound without doubling, King ‪split the guitar's signal three ways so he can add individual processing and pan the signals for max width and tone.

Watch as he shows you how he uses OX Amp Top Box to capture the tube amp API Preamp and 550A EQ and dbx Limiter/Compressor plug-ins to add girth to the "bass," and a healthy dose of UAFX pedals, including Woodrow '55 Instrument Amplifier, Starlight Echo Station, and Golden Reverberator to round out three distinct tones — all in one bad-ass take.