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Originally Posted by dagosto
When using a small condenser I found a great technique is to position the mic over the right shoulder of a player (reverse if lefty) pointing straight down at the body of the guitar, a foot or two above the player's shoulder. Also, you may want to add another mic to this setup. I somtimes like an SM57 pointed at or around the neck joint.
Personally, if I am using only one mic on an acoustic I will probably reach for a dynamic or a large diaphram condenser depending on what sound I am looking for. I would say change the mic position first, then change the mic.
You may also want to record the guitar in a different part of the room. A thin sound can be the result of standing waves. Standing waves can cause the opposite too, what I generally refer to as a tubby sound. Does the guitar sound good to your ears when you play it in your space?
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thats really good advice, thanks. i'm gonna try that "over the shoulder" method, and see how it sounds.
Yea, the guitar sounds ok in the room, but now that i think about it, it seems the sound is rather dissipated...the walls and ceiling are pine wood, which i thought might be suitable for recording, but maybe the pine just makes a too deadening of tone? and i have a carpeted floor too. there is not much of any type of reverberation of any kind in the room. even strumming my dreadnaughts, it seems, i dunno, that they dont project as loudly as in other rooms with plaster walls. i always thought that a "non bouncy sounding" room was ideal for recording, but perhaps the pine wood walls are absorbing TOO much of the sound, dissipating the tone? is that possible? hmmm
What is a standing waves? can i ask?