[hollywood_steve]

The room you will be working in is one of the biggest factors that will influence other decisions. I'd like to think that any studio that can afford an SSL desk is going to have a great, large, acoustically excellent live room. But I've learned the hard way that a lot of studios do so little "live" recording that their tracking rooms are barely more than an afterthought, surprising in a high end room like that.

But until you tell us otherwise, I'll assume that they have a good live room. As you are already planning on tracking straight to stereo, you should consider recording through a simple stereo mic setup, with spot mics only if/when you discover problems with the basic pair.

A high end room like that should have an excellent selection of suitable mics and preamps. Plan on spending a good amount of time trying various configurations in different locations.