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Thread #121523   Message #2657764
Posted By: Will Fly
16-Jun-09 - 11:32 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Recording for unplugged sound
Subject: RE: Tech: Recording for unplugged sound
Tim - here's a link to a YouTube video of my Martin with what I think is a reasonable sound (purely subjective, of course):

Love Is The Sweetest Thing (video)

And, just to demonstrate how YouTube can mangle the sound slightly, here's the original audio file (mp3 version) of the sundtrack to that video. Note the better quality:

Love Is The Sweetest Thing (mp3)

In this recording, the Shure SM58 was placed about 2 feet, perhaps, slightly more, from the guitar, and towards the neck - certainly not over the soundhole. That was the particular "sweet spot" for that recording.