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This post falls into the "Do as I say, not as I do" realm, but I have

been experimenting with this for a while now and have a few

observations to add.
1) Condenser mics are essential if you hope to capture anything

resembling what you hear as you play.  As far as I can tell, one is

pretty much as good as another, but I'm partial to Oktava.
2) Two mics are better than one.  A simple XY configuration does wonders.
3) Angle the mic configuration downward at, as someone pointed out

above, about a 70 degree angle (actually, I would expect that the

optimal angle would differ according to how your guitarist wields

their axe... anyway, point 'em down).
4) There are no hard-and-fast rules -- it depends on the sound you

want.  If you want a crisp, "blue" sound, mic just up the neck from

the joint.  If you want a browner sound, mic close to the hole.  If

you want a percussive sound, mic the body itself.  The great thing

about the guitar is that it's so many instruments rolled into one.

There's no one-size-fits-all solution for mic-ing.
Hope that helps.

On Jan 16, 2008 3:53 AM, Christian Schumann  wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 11:39:16PM +0100, Leslie P. Polzer wrote:

> > will a vocals microphone produce acceptable results when used to record

> > an acoustic instrument?

> To my ears, this strongly depends on the microphone. While I've not been

> able to get decent acoustic guitar sounds from handheld dynamic vocal

> microphones, my TLM103 works like a charm.

>

> When using cardioid microphones, you have to be careful about the

> distance between guitar and microphone, or the bass will get boomy. I

> usually set the mic up in about 30cm distance at an angle of 70 degrees

> to the face of the guitar, pointing at the position of the neck jiont.

>

> Best regards

> Christian

>

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