Can I use a marshall mxl v67 condensor mic to mic my acoustic?

[musix]

I just bought a large diaphram condensor mic for vocals. What I'd like to know is can I record my acoustic with it? I already spent my budget. will it give a quallity result? If so, how would I possition it? near the the 12th fret. I don't have many options. I own two other mics an sm58 and sm57 beta. both dynamic mics.

 

[Tom Hicks]

The Marshall mic will probably give you a great sound(although theoretically,a smaller diaphragm condensor mic's smaller element and lighter mass would respond more quickly to the subtle transients).Really play around with mic placement in addition to the usual soundhole - 12th fret positions.Wear your phones and let your ears guide your choice.I just this week tried a new mic position for acoustic,Harvey Gerst's "over the shoulder" technique.Mic stand behind the seated performer.Mic at his ear height pointing straight down just in front of the guitar face. The object is to hear the sound as the player hears it,to catch the highs coming off the face and reject much of the finger noise.Heres a streaming .wma I did the other night using this technique to mike a classical guitar.If you listen through phones,the guitar details are more obvious in the mix.
Tom

http://home.att.net/~mhic/3kn5.wma

 

[MandoManiac]

No You Can NOT! Send it to me, and I can use it to record my guitar and mandolins. They LOVE Large Diaphram units.
Ok...since it's Xmas-time you can keep it and record your guitar. And with a bit of experimentation with position (as mentioned try a lot of different ones - over shoulder, 12th fret, close, far, in-between, it is a game of inches) you ought to get a great sound....And many times a LD will sound better on a given guitar and player. Subtle transients be dammed, they never last, but great tone is forever!

There are NO rules that can't be bent, broken or abused. The V67 is a sweet mic, all you need do is find the sweet spot with it. Go for it!
Jim

 

[Gidge]

ive tried my v67 on an acoustic and it sounded quite good....combined with your other 2 mics you could really get a full spectrum of sounds....the only drawback i found was controlling the room sound......

 

[tdukex]

Just turn down the "room knob" on your preamp.

 

[Gidge]

hmm, my preamp doesnt seem to have that knob.....i do have a tube mic stand......maybe i can find a plugin to do it...im going download the internet......

 

[dobro]

Room knob. Right.

Mando - I don't know if you write, but "a game of inches" is a very good title for a song. As for what the song might actually be about, I leave it up to you. Personally, I wouldn't write about mic positions. Other positions, maybe.

 

[Tom Hicks]

You guys are a pack of cards!
Tom

 

[version2]

You guys are a pack of cards!
Tom

With the Jokers still in it..

 

[Gidge]

this pack of cards has WAY more than 2 jokers.......

 

[MandoManiac]

This is good news! They can't say we're not playing with a full deck!

Hey dobro - I do write..Instrumentals only tho. Which I think is better for implied entendre. I'll work on it. Better title than the metric equivalent - a game of centimetres.

Wishing all a Merry Christmas. I'm nursing a sick dog all night. Our cute, and way too clever lab could not resist a platter of home-baked shortbread cookies that were foolishly left unguarded. She and I are now paying the price as I'm on 'liquid poop' watch until the half-pound of butter clears her system...I'm pooped out, but she's not. No sign of Santa here yet, wonder if he got my list? --- Those BLUE mics, they're made at the North Pole, right?

 

[baldguy]

I've never used said v67 but I have had good luck with large diaphragm condensers on acoustic guitars. I usually place it about a foot back from the 10th or 12th fret and point it in the general direction of the soundhole.