I'm just a caveman and not familiar..

[jkess114]

I do hate asking much of you knowledged people. But something else that I am wondering about...miking acoustic guitars.

Experimentation is a must, this we all know, but I am unsure of what mics prove most useful for this. I have heard Leo Kottke saying that he prefers an old C-12, maybe a pair for recording his acoustic. I cant do this for simple reasons.

I have been miked with small condensors with pretty good effect - one on the neck one on the sound hole. And think this is probably the way to go for me. What kind of recommendations can I get for this purpose? NT-2? AT-4033? Schoeps? Neumann?

Hope ths will be useful to everyone here too.

[c7sus]

The NT-2 and 4033 are both large diaphragm mics.

An example of small diaphragm condensors would be:

Octava MC012
Elation KM201 (Both available at The Sound Room) See search.
Microtech Gefell M300

These three mics were the consensus winners of a mic shootout done by Electronic Musician for their March, 2000 issue. You might try searching their website for the entire article.

There are plenty of others out there in all price categories. Spend some time reading and asking questions to clarify exactly what you expect from your setup. It's easy to spend a lot of bread and wind up having taken the wrong road.

[dobro]

You have to test them if you can, too. There was a review I read in a magazine (I forget which one) that said how great the MC012 was, but the writer found it a bit boomy on the guitar he was using. I was just about to buy one, so I emailed him, and said 'What do yout think it would be like on my nylon-string, then?' and he said 'I'm not copping out, but the only way to answer that question is to actually try it out with your guitar.' Which is why I don't own an MC0212. They're not for test in Singapore.