Mic'ing a guitar amp?

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I have just discovered a great guitar sound which I obtained by micing my amp with an MXL v-93. I used to swear only by the SM-57, but not anymore. There are other options. I'm still working on the 2 and 3 mic concept. I wish I had a better room to capture the ambient sounds. Speaking of, if you get a chance, check out the recording of the guitars on the the Claption/B.B. King album "Riding With the King". They did a great job of ambient miking and blending the two guitarists amps into a very real sounding space.
 
if you mic with 3 mics you have 7 combonations you can work with......lets call the mics A,B,and C

we can use:

A
B
C
A,B
A,B,C
A,C
B,C
 
hey, why don't we try doing that to every track?
maybe we can get like 256 tracks going with 400 plug-ins. ;)

adriano
 
Try this for fun..

Something I enjoy playing around with:

If you have access to two amps, take the output of a stereo effect pedal, such as chorus or flange, and run the left to one amp, and the right to the other amp. Then mic each amp separately. You can even run different effects to each amp (this works especially well with reverb & delay).Depending on the effect, the amps, and the positioning of the amps, you can get some very unique sounds. Even if it sucks, it's fun to do.
 
Yeah, I'v done that and is terribly fun, and I've got some very good sounds too. Once I miked a Marshall and a Fender amps running at the same time and then in the mix I could mix the kind of sound I needed.

It's great, and Stevie Ray Vaughan did that with his famous "wall of amps"
 
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