you all use sm57's ???

[lunarian1]

anyone use anything different for home recording of guitar ?

nothing too expensive ...

[stereotypy]

sm57 is mostly the best for "not too expensive".

also good recording mics are:
md 421, 441
akg d3500, d3600
and for vox amps, or fender twins or so check out the re 27.

[Weatherbox]

57s are cool because they do pretty much everything there is to do pretty decently. There's always gonna be something one better, but you can't go wrong having a 57 or seven. The MD421 is cool too, like a beefier 57.

[gearnut]

My current mic of choice is the sennheiser 609 or something like that. They're cheap, $110ish, and have a very natural sound, warmer, not as harsh as an sm57. Last time i was in the studio the guy broke one out, set it up and i was floored. Almost no eq tweaking at all, it was perfect from the get go.

[harbong]

plus, the 609 is one sided, so you can run it through the handle of your amp and let it hang down over the front, no stand.

[lagunabeach]

I use a few mics depending on what sound i want.

lately ive been using a sennheiser MD-421 for my guitars. I like the roll of, gives you a sense of dynamics over your dynamic mic. Every studio ive ever worked in either had at least one set of md-421s, and on one occasion i brought a set in to a job and the studio owner had a pair shipped by the end of the day. its a high grade dynamic, with a nice price.

I have also been using my blue dragonfly a bit for more open sounds. but thats a whole different experiment. REMEBER- Jimmy Page's law- Distance=Depth

now dont get me wrong. an sm 57 is a classic sound, and sounds great recording guitars. if you are not going to be selling it to people, then you are fine!


what soft/hardware you using?

[lunarian1]

I use a tascam US122 into an M-audio Tampa preamp using adobe audition, I've got an old sure and a samson C0-1 condensor just wondering about other options as I find sure mic's a bit harsh , I'd love to be able to really crank my amp and put a bit of distance between the amp and mic but , not possible unfortunately ...

[dZjupp]

i USED to use a 57 until my friend fried by running phantom power through it. i'm thinking of getting that sennheiser. the 57 is great to record with ALONE, but i have found that using it with more than one can be ok, but the phasing is terrible.

[preservation]

i use an SM57, quality.

[Weatherbox]

Originally posted by TigerInATrance You should probably look at that since phantom power won't fry a mic that doesn't need it (unless there is a huge power spike) It may have failed in a warrantee replacement type of way!

 

 

+1. 48v shouldn't hurt a 57. Falling from a four story building shouldn't hurt a 57. After the apocalypse, there will be cockroaches, twinkies, and SM57s.

[Sir H C]

Originally posted by TigerInATrance You should probably look at that since phantom power won't fry a mic that doesn't need it (unless there is a huge power spike) It may have failed in a warrantee replacement type of way! As for better mics than an sm57... The Sennheiser E835 or E845 are both better mousetraps for about the same money. I use the 835 anywhere I might have used an sm57 in the past...

 

 

I hate the Sennheisers. They have a presence that always annoyed me, and they are feedback monsters on vocals. Then again, 15+ years of 57s does bias one.