My strange new mic technique for acoustic guitar

[ottokbre]

Leaning over my dreadnaught, there is considerable space on my lap behind the body of the guitar....so i figure what the hell, stick a Oktava 219 in there and see what happens. I blend it in with a 57 about 6 inches away aimed below the soundhole and it balances really well! Dark-ish, but good definition and complexity. Each mic panned hard each way got some tasty phase wierdness, but no cancellation.

[honkyjonk]

Hmmm. I'll have to try that. What kind of dreadnought is it? I've found that a place where a mic would often sound good, but is nearly impossible to do, is right about where my head sits on my shoulders. Maybe if I lean down and kiss the twelfth fret while playing, that would work. . .

[ottokbre]

it's a rather middy-bright maple dreadnught. kindofa one off thing. i failed to note that the condenser was pointed face-up on my lap.

[Bear]

I'll have to give this a whirl.

[Randall]

I always was led to believe that Maple bodied guitars were not good for recording, so I never gave one serious consideration, until I got a Hold of the Jumbo Bodied Maple Washburn I have been using and enjoying lately, Puta Maggie, goes to show what listening to rumours will get you, this punk is PHATer and sweeter than a Whole Sackfull of Mo Fo's

[vvv]

Try that with a 20 lb. condensor mic.

[xonlocust]

sorry to jump in on your thread here - but how do you guys deal with recording an acoustic while the singer is singing? every time i've recorded acoustic, it's been as an overdub and by itself, but i have a project coming up where the dude wants to play/sing at the same time. (that sounds like a bad idea to me - but, what do i know...) the guy i'm recording is more of a bedroom musician, so this will be his most "professional" recording experience to date (i use that term loosely). do i keep him in his element to get a better performance? do i make him break it up to make the individual sounds better? do i bring a bottle of whiskey and lots of cocaine?

thanks,
nk

[Electricide]

check here
http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopi ... itar+vocal

[xonlocust]

sweet jeebus man - thank you!!

nk