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Originally Posted by cortisol  Fletcher you are spot on about de-coupling the speaker box from the floor. This is part of the equation for my combo amp recordings but I hadn't factored it in for the 4x12! Doh!  I do however mic the top speakers to avoid comb filtering from the floor. |
You're not worrying about "comb filtering"... think about it... you have a mic about an inch from the source at 100-110+db SPL... "reflections off the floor" don't play into the scenario... but what does play into the scenario is a false sense of bottom that is created when you have the cabinet kineticaly coupled to the floor.
Because of this false sense of low end occuring in the room you don't dial enough bottom / fullness into the amplifier [because the bottom / fullness is being created in a false manner by the coupling process]... and what comes out of the speaker is to thin and harsh.
Get the cabinet up off the floor and you get to hear from the speaker what the microphone will be hearing from the speaker and you'll get a way better overall guitar tone no matter what transduction element is employed.
Make sense?