| Mic'ing an acoustic guitar with an SM57 is going not going to work the way you think it will. Acoustics generally are too quiet to be mic'd with a dynamic mic and if they are loud enough it'll sound bad. In the studio you usually record an acoustic with a condenser mic (either large or small diaphram), but that will not work live, generally speaking. Condensers will pick up LOTS of other sound from the stage so the bleed with be completely unmanageable UNLESS its an only acoustic show and there are no drums, then maybe.
That's the a reason that most poeple who play acoustic live actually play with an acoustic-electric guitar. They have built in mics | pickups | piezo pickups and often even an onboard preamp. Your best bet, if you don't already have an acoustic-electric, is to buy an inexpensive soundhole pickup for your regular acoustic. You can get them fairly inexpensive (reasonably decent ones can cost $40 - $100) and it'll work better than anything else you are looking at. Of course, the more expensive ones will sounds better but top of the line will run you up to $300!
Good luck!
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Last edited by agreatheight : 04-12-2006 at 03:28 PM.
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