We recently spent the day at Chicago's IV Lab Studios with producer, engineer, and Reverb bud, Brian Deck. With production credits including Modest Mouse's The Moon and Antarctica, Fruit Bats' Mouthfuls, plus projects with Iron & Wine, Califone, and Counting Crows records to name just a few, Brian has recorded more than a few electric guitar tracks and was happy to guide us through his process.

T-Dog, ghostoffuffle, jonaswildman -Thought you guys might dig this. You probably know all this already, but I definitely caught some things I want to try.

I never mic the amp and the room.