I recently saw Pierre Bensusan, and as he was opening my head up to incredible musical frontiers (he's definately a guitar god...) I found myself wondering how he got SUCH a great sound! Aside from the obvious exquisite guitar... a Lowden... it seems he was using a high powered directional mic with a little EQ and digital enhancement. I found his sound to be amoung the best I've heard... Of course it does help, a little... that he is perhaps the best guitarist in the world... ttr