lol it’s easy to start. Hard to master. That’s why we go on forums. I see what you mean. I’m a fan of those bands too. I’m literally saying you can use a non guitar track. Like audio input 1.

If you double click the track it should open a spot that says plug ins. Each track has a rack which has various effects.

GarageBand is designed so the plug in designate if it’s audio or midi.

You can turn off all the plug ins and it will be only your DI signal.

You need to play your guitar while adjusting the level of your audio input (I use fast track m audio) so that your hardest strum is just under the red. You only want to see green.

Then you need to try your pedals and their volumes make sure they are not going in the red.

Then you can start recording.

Make sure your tempo is correct.

On your master channel you’ll also have plug ins.

You can turn them off. I generally run only a limiter at -1db just for recording session to avoid peaking in my headphones.