17th
Doing some guitar recording today. Tried a slightly different mic setup this time. Did my standard Telefunken M80 pointed a little off-axis from the cone & a Shure SM57, set at the same distance as the M80 but at a slight 45 degree angle. The difference is I’m putting an M Audio Sputnik condenser at the back of the speaker cab aimed at the right corner. Not a standard guitar mic, but it works real nice. Blasted some white noise through the cab to get the phase of all the mics matched as closely as possible.
I did a quick test recording to check the sound. I was fooling around with a riff while dialing my guitar amp/mic preamps and I liked it enough to lay something down. Then I decided to lay a quick second guitar part over it, just bs’ing some stuff. Took about 15-20 minutes to get everything down. Delay & reverb was added in Pro Tools.
I’m pretty happy with this setup. I feel it accurately captures the sound of the amp in the room (or closet rather) with the blend of the 3 mics.
Guitar equipment used: Fender Stratocaster w/Detemple Sweetspot pickups. Cornford Roadhouse 30 head. Custom made 1X12 convertible cab (used it closed back for this recording) outfitted with a Celestion Vintage 30.
