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norman_nomad
Great set of samples The Listener! thumbsup
I think I might actually prefer the SM81 for the picking parts! Overall though I really enjoyed the Gefell. It's has a nice natural tone and fullness.
What guitar are you playing here? Where are the mics placed? Are you doing any processing (almost sounds compression in the picking parts).
SM81 is a really nice mic, I use(d) it a lot for all sorts of applications, even recording dialogue and ambient FX in the field for documentaries.
I expected that KSM141 might blow it away, but in this particular case I only liked it for more "brilliant" strumming where you want to hear more "pick". In general 141 seems more suitable (for my taste) for distant and overhead micing, although it is perfectly useful for close micing, too. On this guitar it is a bit too bright for me. It is superb for percussion/drum overheads. (but for close micing I mostly prefer M70, too - might post another shoot out with percussion next year)
Gefell was a nice revelation for me, too. Very nice tone and meaty, but not blurry mids. I used different Gefell mics in another studio for nylon and acoustic guitars before, but never owned my own M70 before this year. And I got lucky to get a really "mint" example through ebay for less than new SM81, KSM141 and similar...
The guitar was played by a pop-rock musician I am currently producing/recording/mixing and it's a simple but really nice sounding Epiphone
EJ160E "John Lennon" guitar.
No compression or any other kind of processing was used, it was recorded directly through TC konnekt 48 preamps, because I needed three of the same, although I slightly prefer to use my DAV BG1U preamps for recording acoustics, but it would be only two channels at once...
Mics were placed some 40 - 50cm away at the usual 12th fret position, slightly closer to and aiming at the soundhole.
Happy entrance into the new year to all, I go off-line now and start cooking.
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edit: We are always really picky about the "pick" - it influences the sound very, very much... But this is one take for all the mics with the same pick of course.