MICS to Record Eléctric Guitar Amps

[musicopro]

Well let´s just talk about of mics for record Elec. Guitar Amps, give some of your own experience and i think this item will help us to all,
see you, Chao


Note: please there must be somthing else than sm57 dont you think????
bye

[WastedPlayer182]

a great mic for guitar amps is the audix i5 it's like the 57 but i found it captures a great cunch for that heavy distortion sound.

[String7th]

I own a i5 and yes, there's subtle differences. They are the same price and if you look and the frequency diagram they are very VERY similar.
For high gain metal I prefer a Shure Beta58. It's designed for vocals, but it's got a proximity effect that boosts at 200 hz. Very usefull for a bit of lower growl on solid state amps.
I also use a Nady ribbon mic for small combo amps because it's very flat sounding. The mic has a ton of low end that needs to be shelved off, but smaller amps sound great because it it easily shaped by EQ.

[rorry]

try every mike youve got and listen to what works best.

[musicopro]

Thank You Very much this item its working i think, keep going with your experiences on recording, i used once a rode nt-1 and it was nice, specialy for the clean brigth tone and crunch leads distortion, well just keep it on cya!!!

[brandondrury]

Shure SM57, Royer R121, and Sennheiser 421 are all I've ever really want. I'm not big on condensers for tracking distorted guitar, but some people are.

The SM57 is for stuff that I want to sound fizzy or sizzly.

The Royer R121 pretty much ignores fizz and has a way of capturing what you really want from a guitar amp. It wasn't easy to get used to, but once I did I fell in love. It's my favorite on electric guitar, although expensive.

The Sennheiser 421 is, in some ways kind of a cross between the 57 and a R121....sorta. The 421 has a growl to it that neither the 57 or R121 can match. It's like the moved the fizziness of the 57 down an octave or two. I have to be careful with amps that 2k heavy already, but sometimes there is no beating the 421. It's not as smooth as the R121 and maybe not as thick either, but in the right mix it's money.

Brandon

[.tom]

for a cheap mic that's good on both clean and dirty/metal sounds the samson c03 surprised me.

[the.blode]

Originally Posted by brandondrury

The Sennheiser 421 is, in some ways kind of a cross between the 57 and a R121....sorta. The 421 has a growl to it that neither the 57 or R121 can match. It's like the moved the fizziness of the 57 down an octave or two. I have to be careful with amps that 2k heavy already, but sometimes there is no beating the 421. It's not as smooth as the R121 and maybe not as thick either, but in the right mix it's money.

Really?.. that's really interesting. the frequency plot of the 421 led me to think that it would be even toppier than a 57.. I'm ashamed to say I've never had the chance to use one.

I find a 57 on anything will provide something that's workable, but I'm not a fan of the 57 sound below about 2K.. it's got great hotness up top, but it's got no 'guts' if you know what I mean. I usually end up reamping with a 2x12 packed with alnico speakers, which have a top end that makes my skin crawl, but below that they just sound huge and fat.. It's a pretty time consuming process, though.. Maybe I ought to try out the 421, some great engineers swear by it

[sk8fever55]

another popular option for recording electric guitar amps is the sennheiser e609 silver.

[drago]

121 and 57 are great. I also like a KM 184. Another thing you could try is setting up a stereo pair of 81's, it can give you that really full sound you might be looking for.