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Thanks. We have recorded the guitars 4 times over for the left, And twice for the right, both panned hard 100%. Maybe that is why.
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I'm a big believer in 2 guitar tracks. A lot of people get wound up about layering. You certainly CAN get a big sound with layering, but it takes quite a few variables to line up.
I can't think of any time in my recording life where combining two unideal sounds combined to make an ideal sound. To take it to the extreme, mixing piss and turds is not going to make ice cream. I'm not saying your tones are pee and poop, I'm just illustrating the concept. Certainly adding 6 different turds and urine samples together isn't going to get you any closer to ice cream.
So for guys who aren't robo engineers, it's usually better to keep everything simple. 2 tracks. The same mic placement. Even use the same guitar and such. If the recorded tone isn't badass, it's probably the tone coming out of the amp, but it could be mic placement too.
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We used an AKG C1000S in 4 different positions on a Marshall JVM410.
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OH! That explains it. You've got a total comb filtering clusterfuck on your hands. The nasally sound should have given it away to me immediately.
I would HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend that you keep the mic in the same spot for the time being. I go into great depths on this comb filtering nightmare in my home recording book.
Brandon