Pictures of Mic'ed up ACCOUSTIC GUITARs

[KevWind]

I will be very interested Also recording early next week so I'll get some pics and post .

[lectric]

+1

[Jeff Hayat]

I think pics are going to be a bit on the light side...it's easy to mic up instruments and take pics - when you dont have to hold the instrument (amp cab, drums, piano). Taking a pic of yourself while holding a micd acoustic guitar would prove to be a bit challenging, no?

But yeah - if anyone's got 'em - let's have 'em!

[pete]

well usually when I´m recording a accoustic guitar there is a player...

[Timprice]

[Silvertone]

From this past weekend... drums being cut at the same time as well...

[J.S.Vega III]

Originally Posted by Silvertone

From this past weekend... drums being cut at the same time as well...

Nice. Quick OT, how is that mic mounted above the drummers shoulder, is it a tuchel swivel mount?

[Silvertone]

Originally Posted by J.S.Vega III

Nice. Quick OT, how is that mic mounted above the drummers shoulder, is it a tuchel swivel mount?

Yes, it's the one that comes standard on the Lucas CS-4 microphone... best drum overhead mic I've ever owned... not too shabby on vocals either!

[nikodemos]

I found the 414 xls and woodpecker to be a great combi on acoustic.....it's a weird pic though as it is misleading regarding placement....the 414 is actually about 15cm to the left of the sound hole and the ribbon on the edge of the body (around 14th fret).

It gives a nice solid sound great for pop-rock stuff

[pete]

Originally Posted by nikodemos

I found the 414 xls and woodpecker to be a great combi on acoustic.....it's a weird pic though as it is misleading regarding placement....the 414 is actually about 15cm to the left of the sound hole and the ribbon on the edge of the body (around 14th fret).

It gives a nice solid sound great for pop-rock stuff

how do mix (pan and level) those two miks? or do you just blend them to taste and dont pan?

[nikodemos]

Originally Posted by pete

how do mix (pan and level) those two miks? or do you just blend them to taste and dont pan?

Well usually i like to hard pan them across the stereo field depending to the place and kind of the rest instruments and espesiialy e.guitars...for example if i have an overdriven rythm guitar playing the same more or less role with the acoustic (lets say plucked chords) with a close and a distant mic i usually pan them oposite...meaning the distant more full and dark mic goes with the bright woodpecker and the close mic goes with the more full and flat 414...this creates a nice glueing effect for the guitars (acoustic and electric) an even but yet spready and open stereo image and a quite full guitar tone.
Sometimes when there is no similar electric in the tune i'll double track the acoustic and put the mics of the two on the oposite side to each other.

However i rarely blend the 2 signals in a mono track, allthough this setup is pretty phase friendly if someone wants to go this way

[McPhaul]

Originally Posted by nikodemos

Well usually i like to hard pan them across the stereo field depending to the place and kind of the rest instruments and espesiialy e.guitars...for example if i have an overdriven rythm guitar playing the same more or less role with the acoustic (lets say plucked chords) with a close and a distant mic i usually pan them oposite...meaning the distant more full and dark mic goes with the bright woodpecker and the close mic goes with the more full and flat 414...this creates a nice glueing effect for the guitars (acoustic and electric) an even but yet spready and open stereo image and a quite full guitar tone.
Sometimes when there is no similar electric in the tune i'll double track the acoustic and put the mics of the two on the oposite side to each other.

However i rarely blend the 2 signals in a mono track, allthough this setup is pretty phase friendly if someone wants to go this way

Thanks for the details.

The details of each setup more than just the pics are great.

Thanks

[Matt Allison]

IMO, acoustic guitars (even more than drums) are a great example of where the quality of the instrument is like 95% of the sound. The best mics, placement, and eq on an average guitar will never come close to the sound of an amazing acoustic with a simple condenser a foot back pointed at the 12th fret.

[lectric]

A nice acoustic guitar is fine....but a good guitar player is super¡¡¡¡

[pete]

bump

[pan60]

cool thread i think it needs another bump!
more pics more pics more pics more pics more pics more pics

[SoZo]

Originally Posted by Matt Allison

IMO, acoustic guitars (even more than drums) are a great example of where the quality of the instrument is like 95% of the sound. The best mics, placement, and eq on an average guitar will never come close to the sound of an amazing acoustic with a simple condenser a foot back pointed at the 12th fret.

I agree with most of your post but all I can say is when I put a U47 type mic on an acoustic I said there it is...! what I have been looking for in a recording all my years playing acoustic and I own decent condensers u87 , km184, AT4033