(physically) thin acoustic guitars

[cordura21]

hey guys. I want you opinion on this. I am recording a guy who has this thin guitar that has a particular sound. You hear a lot of "nails" in it, if you know what I mean, the kind of flamenco sound.

Anyways, without getting another more suitable acoustic (ajá, got you on that!), what's a good miking technique for making it more standard sounding and fuller?

Specially the attack of it is very loud, and it cuts too much on the mix, how can I reduce that?

Cheers and TIA, Andrés

[VOXVENDOR]

Try some fast attacking compression.

That might cure that big attack... As for miking techniques, you definately want to stay somewhat away from this guys fingers..

[Track Rat]

Maybe a large diaphram condensor. Experiment to see how close you can get to the sound hole without woofing out the mic.

[VOXVENDOR]

Woof, Woof, Bark, Bark

[cordura21]

thanks for the suggestions. I always have problems with acoustic guitars and lows, always had to use a hipass or something. I always think I could do much better with wiser mic positioning, but I have to imporve that.

[DanielJohn]

Bust out your EQ skillz!

-DAN

[cordura21]

you're right on that, Daniel. But these days I am taking a more natural(?) approach, if you know what I mean.

The other day I read on the net a cool quote: it said that the best eq for electric guitar was a philips screwdriver so you could play with the height of the pickups. That's mic positioning, I guess.

But not using a high pass on my acoustic is a trick I can't do yet.