Guitar Recording Tips - a notoriously tricky area
this.
But here's a few general guidelines to get you
going, dealing with Acoustic Guitar recording
basics.
I'll be adding a few more soon regarding
recording the Electric guitar.
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Recording Acoustic Guitar
Guitar Recording Tips Acoustic guitar's can also be amplified on stage and recorded in various
ways.
Live Tone Tips For Live work the handiest way is to use a built in Pickup/Pre-amp to
plug in direct to the Mixing Desk. Use an Electro-Acoustic for this type of work.
Recording Tone Tips To record an Acoustic Guitar it's best to Mic it up and usually
ignore the onboard electrics. Use a good Capacitor or Electret Microphone for this. It
captures the ambient sound and character of the instrument.
Recording Tone Tips The acoustics of the room play a big part in the sound if Ambient
Mic-ing is used for recording.
Recording Tone Tips A dynamic Mic needs to moved very close to the relatively weak
output of an Acoustic Guitar and this loses a lot of the instrument's character in the
recording. This is a tricky subject to say the least but here's a few popular methods used:
Guitar Recording Tips
Guitar Recording Tips #1 Mic at the 12th fret: about 9 - 18 inches away. Experiment is
the key here, this method will pick up all the fret noise - try nearer the Nut for less bass.
Guitar Recording Tips #2 Mic near or even above the body/soundhole: about 8 -17
inches away
Guitar Recording Tips #3 Stereo Mic-ing - Use a combination of Microphones to
record a solo instrument. Use one near the body and one further away to capture
ambience. Be careful that the 2 Mics aren't phasing - move the Mics around until you get
what your looking for.
Guitar Recording Tips #4 A combination of straight DI and ambient Mic-ing is
sometimes useful and worth a try.
