Pages

Sylvia Massy on Acoustic Guitar

"When recording a fingerpicked acoustic guitar I will often use a U47 Telefunken mic into the Universal Audio 175b, set on soft compression, just enough to bring up the quiet stuff but not so heavy as to make the strings sound spiny or prickly.

I generally do not use a stereo micing technique on acoustic guitar. I place the single mic close to the guitar, in front of the sound hole up near the high frets. I generally will use an acoustic guitar that does not have electronics in it."

SOURCE