It really does matter little whether you are a grown-up with a passion for guitars or you're that pimpled-face teenager looking for a way to become a rockstar...if you're a serious guitar player, there will come a day when you'll feel like doing some recording. Now, we could talk for weeks and even years about how to record a guitar...but if you're looking for a recording that really sounds at least decent, plugging your axe in the back of your computer is not the best way. At least it dramatically diminishes the chances that the girl at school you have a crush on will listen to your song instead of running away from your red pimples...


Well, since going to a pro recording studio might be a little overhand, why now try to do things the right way in your room? Now, there's of course a major impediment to that: electric guitars mean LOUD almost all the time and there's little chance your parents will come at your room's door headbanging as you try some death metal "tunes"... The song is ready, your fingers are warmed up, the axe's in perfect tune, your distortion pedal can barely hold on the clean tone; what's next?

If you want to do things like a pro, the Dead Room from Grendel Sound should be next. The Dead Room is nothing mystical (like a room that's been killed) but a highly practical recording solution for the places where quiet is a must. Namely, we're talking a special-design box loaded with a guitar speaker and to which you'll connect the "silent out" of your amp. Obviously, the fairly large box is loaded with phono-absorbing materials that will "Deaden" the enclosure, letting only the pristine, uncolored sound of your speaker resonate inside.

Unlike other similar silent recording boxes, the Grendel Sound Dead Room will never give you the "trapped" sound; its 6"-thick lid will take away any resonance and coloration, offering only the true sound of your guitar. Forget about the amateur-built boxes: this one sports highly engineered space calculations and thorough absorption for spectacular results. It is entirely hand-built and soldered for impeccable quality and it comes with a Warehouse Veteran 30 speaker for $399 or can be ordered unloaded for $359.

Well, now it looks like you could even record your grindcore smash-hit in the same room with your sleeping granny. Rock on! Sample recording here.

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