Hey

[Dan of the Dead]

I'd really like to start recording songs with an electric guitar onto my computer, since I do most of my recording at home.

Does anyone know of some good not TOO expensive mics that can pick up guitar sound well?

[Tristan Needler]

Shure SM-57.

Do you have an audio interface or anything?

[Dan of the Dead]

I don't believe I do.

[screamoutmyname]

The SM-57 is one of the best mics out there... It works pretty well for screamed vocals as well...

If you're also looking to record sung vocals, you would be looking for a condenser mic.

[patrickhowell]

What setup do you have? If you don't have a really nice amp already, you'll be better off picking up some modeling software like Amplitube and plugging the guitar straight in...

[Tristan Needler]

EMU interfaces come bundled with Amplitube LE (a more basic version of Amplitube) which is what I use. I'd bet some other companies do as well. I don't know much about guitar tone, but according to Patrick I got a pretty decent sound out of it.

You'll need an interface to get the sound into your computer with any semblance of quality, and you'll need a sequencer program (many of which come bundled with a lot of interfaces) to do any kind of mixing on your computer.