Today we’re discussing some great alternatives to recording guitars through micing up your guitar cabinet in a large studio that you may not have access to. Particularly, if you lack the variety of microphones to use for that situation. In these circumstances, we suggest a Load Box to be able to take the sound from your guitar amplifier and put it directly into your DAW. The way that a load box works is it takes the load off of your amplifier so that it doesn’t have to be plugged into a speaker cabinet when it’s powered up as this could damage your amplifier. In addition to a load box helping out in terms of volume when you’re recording, it also gives you an easy, simple setup that you can have plugged in and ready to record at all times. So, you can just go into your home studio, plug in the guitar and go! 

They’re are several pieces of gear on the market that offer you the ability to record guitar in the way that we’re talking about today. One such product is the Torpedo Reload, it will help keep things simple, and be able to walk in, plug in, and record. Other products that have come out in recent years that allow you similar opportunities of recording include, the Universal Audio Ox,  the Suhr Reactive Load and the Kemper Profiler. Particularly, the Torpedo Reload, allows you to take the specific sound of your guitar amplifier and get that right into your DAW. Other advantages of the Reload include its ability to act not only as a load box, but also an attenuator as a DI box, or you can also re-amp with it as well.