For recording acoustic guitar, there's a couple of questions to consider before looking at your microphone options:

What other instruments are to be in the recording? What recording technique do you prefer?

• guitar on it's own, or guitar & vocals, or mellow guitar sound as in jazz?
  • you're probably looking for a warm, full, natural sound
• guitar in band - for example, with drum'n'bass and keyboards?
  • here the guitar needs to cut through the sounds that overlap its frequency and tonal space

Depends on the room of course, but assuming a reasonably lively acoustic space, you'll get warmer, fuller sounds from a larger diaphragmed condenser mic with cardioid pattern.

Models to consider, depending on your budget*:… Read more

Recording acoustic guitar, with vocals, in probably the most common home recording experience for the singer-song writer.

This tutorial discusses how to record the acoustic guitar. Getting this one right is about as difficult as it gets for any instrument.

We happen to use Pro Tools as the recording software. But you'll be able to do everything we cover in your chosen recording software at home. It's a matter of applying the same principles, whether in Pro Tools or other recording software.

Choosing Your Microphones
Before starting to record you must choose the mic you want to use. But you might use one of two different techniques for acoustic guitar. Which you decide to use will affect your choice of microphone… Read more