December Birthdays 
I've been working on demos in my basement for a few years now. I've always relied on the modeled amps in Garageband for my guitar tone.
Earlier this year, stevel listened to some of my demos and provided a wealth of constructive criticism and encouragement (thanks again, Steve!). He also gave a quick "Recording 101" for mic'ing guitar amps. I bought a Texotica Saratoga a few months ago and it sounded so good, I decided to give it a shot.
A few weeks ago Mike (morphball) came over with some mics and other gear (thanks, Mike!). The basic setup was an SM-57 pointed near the right edge of the single 12" speaker and a Sennheiser 609 hanging pretty close to dead-center. The mics were connected to a Focusrite Scarlet, which was connected via USB to the Mac.
I'm playing a Johnny Marr Jag through a Texotica reverb unit. Once tracked into Garageband, I did a little EQ tweaking and added a touch of reverb, but no crazy knob-twiddling. The song ended up with an Astronauts vibe, so I tracked two rhythm parts (which are basically identical) and the single lead track. The bass and drums are programmed in Garageband (old habits die hard). LOL Definitely still have a ways to go (on many fronts) but I can say with confidence that I'm never going back to modeled amps!
If interested, you can check it out on reverbnation:
-murph
—http://www.reverbnation.com/elmiragesurf
http://www.reverbnation.com/aminorconspiracy
"I knew I was in trouble when the Coco-Loco tasted like water!" -- morphball
