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Yo Darren! There's really no way to tell if SM7B will be noisy through your preamp until you do it. There is a (transformer-based?) solution. I've never used it, but a bunch of people I trust swear by it: Cloud Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activator | GuitarCenter I also note that some of the higher...

It needs a bridge. And the guitar solo would be cool if it stuck to no more than 8 bars- characteristic of the period, so it could be fit onto a .45 record.

Here's another tack- I'd consider Joemeek threeQ ($250). You only need one channel, you say? Well, on the RNP, you're paying for 2. And- the threeQ gives you light compression going in, which is useful on some rap vocals. I'd say don't use the EQ on the Joemeek. You can do better. Pair that with...

Ask Moresound. I turned him onto this underappreciated Swiss-army mic, and he agrees with me. It's ruler flat, with just a little bit of color, like an Oktava MC012, but without the pop and good for vocals, as well as a ton of other stuff. Good on acoustic and percussion, it shines on cabs. For...

I confess I'm not a big fan of the 3000B. I think there are better choices in that price range. The 2000B is a whole different ball game. It's a keeper.

Well, my read on it is that the OP should start with a cheap, well made, SG, and learn how to play it. Then, when he has the chops, he should pick up a bunch of red SG's and play them, until he finds one that he has of trouble putting down. If it's a Gibson, fine. If it's an Epi, fine. You...

Also, to anyone who plays without a pick, I'd say- learn to use a pick. To anyone who plays with a pick, I'd say- learn to play without a pick. Don't limit yourself, saying, "This is how I do it". Replace that with, "I play guitar". Then learn jazz style, with a pick and the other three fingers...

The love? After a couple of weeks on the big island, I've got the spirit of Aloha. To all of you, Kea mau mana nui. Hard to translate- the best I can do is- "May all the best come to you, and may your power and prestige grow." What a place! Of the world's 13 ecosystems, the Big Island has 11...

It's so hard. If your clients are rockers then I would agree with SM7b. If they're Irish folk singers, probably not. I also like the Baby Bottle. For guys, I've had my best luck with AKG C2000b (good on most stuff- an under-appreciated gem) and MXL V67g. For girls- hands down- Oktava Mk319...

I sometimes mic the body of an electric, to get some pick noise, which makes it sound more human and less techno, somewhere in between acoustic and electric. Finger squeak, on the other hand, I pretty much have no use for. That business with soaking your fingers works very well. It only softens...

Yo Frits! Try this. Just before recording, soak the tips of the fingers of your left hand in water as hot as you can stand for about 3 minutes. Then apply just a little bit of finger ease to the strings. You will discover that although this will soften your calluses a little, that finger squeak...

Shockingly, I've grown attached to the little bugger.

You got that right. One of the masters, Iz (short for Israel) is a 450 pounder. It's just a matter of finding the right real finger positions. But- once you've got a chord with all 4 strings, you can move it up and down like a bar chord. It's the strums that are a bitch. Take a relatively easy...

That's only if you use low-G tuning, instead of reentrant tuning. To get a ukulele from a guitar, you remove the low E and A strings, put a capo on the fifth fret, and tune your d string (now capo'd up to "g") an octave higher (which of course, requires a different string). Baritone ukes are...

Thanks, Joro! First, it is one of the few video recordings of any music I've ever seen where they showed you the guy's fingers, instead of the camera view jumping all over the stage. I love that. Also note- at no time in all of that did his left hand ever touch the G string (#4). It's basically...

OK, I really didn't really know what forum to stick this in, so here it is. For 35 years or so I've been hauling an acoustic or a hollowbody through airports, trying to talk them onto the airplane or (gulp) checking them as luggage! (United breaks guitars!). And what do I do this for? It used to...

That's what I meant by "ease and accuracy", which really means quicker adjustments.

Grovers are tuners made by Grover (duh). They make cheap junk tuners and some very good ones. The name alone means nada. The question always be-"What Grovers?" And I think good tuners are often much more about ease and accuracy of tuning than holding tune.

Hi y'all- back from Hawaii and jet lagged like a mother. Just wanted to say- the classic Epiphones when they were independent were pretty good- a go-to guitar for the Beatles. The new ones come in 3 grades- el cheapo, mostly made in the Phillipines, the better grade, mostly made by Samick in...

I would add Marshall Electronics MXL V67g to the short list. The mics you are talking about are *different* not *better* than the mics in the Tascam, because they have large(r) diaphragms. They do, however, have a couple of huge advantages when compared with the onboard mics. First, they are...