basic mic positioning question

[LI Slim]

If I want to try positioning two small condensor mics in an XY configuration to record acoustic guitar, what's a good way to hold them in place? Do you just use two mic stands or it there a better way?

 

[LI Slim]

No, really, I'm not kidding!!!! (although your technique does have some promise)

 

[guy]

stereo bar

Hi,
in any good mic shop you could find a stereo bar that hold 2 (or 4) mics and can be attached to 1 mic stand, it doesn't cost much and the good ones will let you easly record xy or ortf.
hope it helps
guy

 

[TexRoadkill]

GC has them for about $10.

 

[LI Slim]

Thanks guys. And thanks for the imagery c7sus.

 

[NYMorningstar]

Try positioning one over your right shoulder and the other at the twelfth fret about a foot away and aimed at bridge. This way you are recording the sound much the you hear it when you play.

 

[cominginsecond]

I use two mic stands, and it works well.

 

[LI Slim]

Try positioning one over your right shoulder and the other at the twelfth fret about a foot away and aimed at bridge. This way you are recording the sound much the you hear it when you play.

Interesting idea, but why would I want to record the sound the way I hear it when I play? The guitarist's head is usually in a relatively poor sound position, isn't it? When I need a better idea of what it's sounding like to others I play into a wall. Or else I arrange for an out of body experience and sit in front of myself.

 

[Tom Hicks]

That's how the great Robert Johnson recorded,facing into a corner of a hotel room,with a single room mic.
Tom

 

[NYMorningstar]

Interesting idea, but why would I want to record the sound the way I hear it when I play?

When I play my acoustic I tweak the sound to sound it's best using my ears so I would want that particular sound reproduced.

The guitarist's head is usually in a relatively poor sound position, isn't it?

That's why you use the other mic out front.