[LAU] how record electric guitar?

[Joe Hartley]

On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:45:41 -0400
Ricus Vincente <wizardofgosz at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Hang some mics in front of the amp.  
>              ( snip )
>  I've had luck with almost EVERY mic I've ever used on guitars.  U47,
> U67, U87, 414, 4050, 421, KSM44, KSM27, M88.  On general principle I
> won't have a 57 on anything.  Maybe it's stubbornness.

There's no substitute for taking the time to take every mic you have 
access to and recording your amp in every conceivable way - right up
to the grille, a foot away, a meter away, straight on, to the left,
to the right.  Record it all, take notes, then go lsten to what you
recorded, and figure out what *you* like best.

I don't have a bias against 57s - they have their place.  Heck, Wilco's
Sky Blue Sky was recorded almost exclusively with 57s and it sounds pretty
darn good.

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