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Paul Stamler
 
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What's probably going on is that most guitar speakers have no high end to
speak of; they roll off someplace between 5kHz and 10kHz. By taking the line
out, you're hearing all the stuff the speakers filer out, and on most
guitars that sounds really cheesy. Mondoslug's recommendation of a cabinet
simulator is one possibility, and a microphone is another, provided you have
a microphone preamp or mixing board you can run it through. The SM57 is a
classic microphone used to record electric guitar, and at the price there's
really no competition.

Peace,
Paul