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I'm concerned about your signal chain
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My recent experiments of recording the trio have involved
recording 7 tracks at once - 3 vocals (SM58's), and acoustic
with a piazzo run through a Bagg's box/preamp, mandolin with
a piazzo, through a cheap tube preamp, I'm sending the "standard"
electric guitar output from a Bose system's balanced XLR out into
the digital interface, and am mic'ing the bass output with a kick
drum mic, and running through a cheap tube preamp. I've got
two of the SM58's running directly into the two Presonus channels
that have preamps, and the third is run through a Helicon voice
correct preamp/box.
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FP10 has 8 preamps and 2 digital inputs. Those tube preamps are not necessary and probably do more harm than good. (I don't want to come off as a snob here, cheap stuff is cheap for a reason, try real tube gear when you get a chance and you'll understand.)
Inputs 1 and 2 of the FP10 can be switched to Instrument inputs.
Acoustic guitar and Mandolin sound a hell of a lot better when miked. Better to do those as overdubs alone with your best mics if possible.
Piezo pickups are not used much in the studio. The Bose thing can be saved for live too.
so input 1 is your electric guitar, and input 2 is your electric bass.
You can still mic the bass amp, I usually do both at once, line up the waveforms in Cubase so you don't have phase problems.
I would use the TC Electronics unit for during mixing (send the recorded vocal out of the FP10 into the box, out of the box into a line input)
Inputs
1-EL guit
2-Bass DI
3-Bass amp (D112)
4-Lead vocal (sm58) Optionally with the TC box before input
5-Vocal 2 (58)
6-Vocal 3 (58)
7-AC Guitar (C1000)
8-Mandolin (EV mic)
That gets you all the inputs you need simultaneously
Personally I'd record each part separately. Buying or renting mics that would better suit the instruments.