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Originally Posted by tigerflystudio  Just joined, 2nd question already (I've been saving them up, ha ha ha...) Basically, I want to record my electro acoustic guitar with as full a sound as possible. I pick & strum moderate alt-country / folk / blues. The only mics I have at my disposal are 1) Shure SM58 Beta (dynamic), and, 2) Rode NT2 (condensor). So, which mic shall I use, and where's the best place to position them? Shall I also D.I. the guitar to multi-track and mix a bit of that in, too? Or is it best to just use the mic recordings? Help / advice / thoughts appreciated. |
Try M/S recording. It can sound amazing for acoustic guitar and I got great results with an SM58 and a CAD M179 (large multi-pattern condenser): unscrew the basket of the SM58 and use the NT2a in figure-of-8 mode so that the front of the mic points to the neck and the back of the mic to the bridge. Use a mid/side matrix plugin or do it by hand (simple track copying and panning) and you got a damn good guitar sound.