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ahh, Good thread Brandon. I kinda agree.

Due to budget etc I've been dragged kicking and screaming into hard disk recording - and now direct recording as well. Mannn, between Guitar Rig2, Amplitube2 and Amplitube Jimi Hendrix I've gotta say I've been baffled at how cool it can sound. It pretty unbeliveable, and like you said - it's certainly possible to sound a hell of a lot worse with amps/heads/mics etc!

Guess we've all just gotta just approach it like...these are just tools. Same as amp choice, speaker choice, mic choice...there's no right or wrong if it gets you where you;re going.

With a 3yo and (as of just this week) a newborn living in the house - and trying to finish all the guitars & bass for an upcoming album - I have pretty much no choice now! It's gotta be direct. I'll keep you posted with how it all goes.