[7rojo7]

If we're talkin small stages and venues, then you gotta get the band mixed live off the stage well, otherwise we're not talkin. Most of the time there's no PA happenin for the drums or bass or guitars. you have in order of reinforcement the vox, thekikthetoms, the mids and highs of the bass then the guitars, the cymbals and snare come in only if the venue starts to get larger, as a matter of fact, as the room gets smaller these reinforcements disappear in reverse order.
t's probably better to get it with some kind of stereo or multimic. setup and use spots, as you would in classical or jazz rather than trying to pull off a studio in a small joint.
In my formative days as a recordist I used to take a board feed and a mono mic. to 2 track 1/4" and mess with a delay and the mix at home. out of phase "bass response" proof, when you hear it the least out of phase, reflip it and you're in business. Stereo?
If you like it mix these channels at 3 and 9 and put cross fed slaps hard panned. Magic.