[islandguitar]

I'm one who has produced several CD's which were "home brewed" original single guitar instrumentals via a Zoom H4n, mic pre-amp and external condenser mics. I would never describe them as "studio quality", but folks.......friends/family seem to enjoy a listen to them. I do have sound treatment in my higher ceiling dining room of a little "booth" of broad band panels. Once recorded, I've taken the step of having them mixed/mastered by a pro engineer to help the sound be the best it can be with his equipment and knowledge.
The first 4 tracks on my Soundcloud site are recent and recorded/mixed in this manner..........others further down are mixed by me through Audacity with a plug-in called Adverb, or via my engineer. Not quite the quality when I do this myself, but "ok" for posting on SC.
The portability of the Zoom plus the other benefits listed here have kept me with this set-up and allowed me to not get overly lost in post processing efforts. I enjoy that, but I'm less technically skilled and less interested in this aspect.
Just putting it out there for whatever you feel is helpful with this topic!!
Best,
Fred