Thank you everyone for the feed back. I think Herdim picks are at the top of my priority list. I was wondering if anyone had any advise when micing an amp I've tried out different positions around the speaker but I don't get the same sound that I hear from the amp when I play it back (the mic is a shure sm57 which from what I can tell is a very capable microphone). Or is it best to record straight into my 2i4. Anyway thanks a lot everyone for the advise