SM57/Marshall Valvestate/Gibson

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I´m using a guitar and had my best results with this combination when the mic is 90 degrees to the loudspeaker.

Are condenser mics better or won´t they be any better.?
But now that I have already got a reasonable sound,
but else can I do to improve it? Do Behringer devices anything good?

Tobi
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There is nothing wrong with a SM57 on a guitar amp. But you could also try a condenser mic a few feet away, mixed with the SM57.
 
I agree with stan, though you could also try recording in stero using two sm-57's-that can work well.
 
SM 57s etc....

I don´t know much about recording, but I found out, that it is better to record twice mono with two different amps/guitars/settings than once stereo.

I think it sound awful if you have two stereo guitar
tracks (=4 Tracks). I can´t change the phase with my
Yamaha MD-8, so I prefer mono guitar tracks....

Tobi
 
Does your valvestate have one or two speakers? If two I would mic both, play with positions. If not I would just record mono, double tracking IMHO sounds bad, and it severely screws with some surround stereos (phasing and so on) and I personally just don't like the way it sounds. Thats my two cents.

Oh yeah... buy a POD!!
 
oh god...

that post has so many errors... yay for public schooling!
 
Same Set-up, but with a Heritage.

Right on dude!!!
I was just getting a track down to get one down and I listened to it during mixdown and it sounded great. Even my friends who use much bigger amps and stuff, say I had got a much better sound than they had. ALl I was using was a Heritage 535 (Gibson ES335, only better in my opinion), a tiny little Marshall VS30R, and an SM57 in the sweet spot, and it was sweet. I just recorded on mono rythym track that doubled the acoustic guitar part, and panned the acoustic slightly to the left, say 15 percent, and the electric to the right, about 30 percent, and then recorded a lead track. I didn't use any stomp boxes or anything. Just the overdrive on the amp. I mean, it wasn't heavenly, but man, for what I was doing, it sounded great. I sold the amp because I needed the money, but man, I wish I could've kept it. I have a J-station on the way though. And man, for the stuff you get on that, in my opinion, it is way better than the POD, unless you go for the POD Pro. I know I am gonna get slack for that, but hey, everyone is entitle to their own opinion. I mean, the control over the effects is just one thing that I think puts the J-Station over the top, plus you get those Bass models, which will help me in getting a much fuller bass tone. Oh, well, I have friends in the music retail business, so I got a great deal on it, too.
Have fun recording more stuff...
Ben
 
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