[paul999]

I have never tried the amp thing on an acoustic because I like my acoustics to sound natural. I do a lot of acoustic recordings and the mic is the kicker. The best low budget mic I have found is an sm-81. Start by aiming at the body of the guitar at about the 18th fret halfway between the fret board and the bottom of the guitar. If you need more bass go to the bridge. I have a recording in BTR in the country section titled something like "was it worth $2500 for O.H's" There are about 5 different mixes the last one on page 3 most people liked the best. In this one I used an sm-81 like I described on the 6 string rhythm guitar. A tlm 103 on the 12 string rhythm guitar and a km84 on the solo guitar. This mix was tough because It had standing bass which doesn't make a round full bass sound because of the nature of the instrument.

Hope this helps