| There is no "best" signal chain for acoustic guitar. Fortunately, there are plenty of great, excellent and wonderful ones, as the previous posters have listed. Solo fingerstyle acoustic and classical guitar is about all I do. Over the years I've gathered gear that I like for a variety of different results. None are best. They're all good.
For studio recording:
Guitars: Tippin OMT (EIR/Alpine); Webber Roundbody (koa/cedar); Webber Roundbody (EIR/cedar); Webber OM (maple/cedar); Collings OM-1A (Mahogany/Adirondack); Biasca Classical (Madagascar RW/Engelmann)
Mics: 2x Schoeps CMC6/MK4; 2x Microtech Gefell M294; Microtech Gefell UMT800; CAD VX2; AEA R84
Pres: Pendulum Audio MDP-1a; John Hardy M-2
For live/gigging:
Guitar: Tippin OMT w/ Baggs M-1 magnetic, PUTW #54 dual SBT, Joe Mills internal mic or Gefell external mic
Pre/eq: Pendulum Audio SPS-1
Effects: TC Electronic M2000
Power amp: Hafler P3000
Speakers: 2x Daedalus S-81
Monitor: Ultrasound 50E |