Guitar Amp Microphone Placement

How to mic an electric guitar amp to get the tone you're looking for.

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[Btroisi13]

What if you have a 2x12 amp. Where would you put the mic? Also, could I use a mic, like the Sm57, and put it directly into Garageband or Audacity? Thanks! 5/5

[DustinWhitt]

The mic placement is relative to the speaker itself, so just pick one of the two and apply the techniques. If you have an interface with a mic preamp, you would be fine to use an SM57 for recording.

[uverdadeiro]

@LordHines420 guitars are meant for metal? whatever little boy

[togetogether]

0:58 for edge of cone

1:11 for center of cone

1:26 for halfway between edge and center of cone

1:44 for off-axis, mic at outside facing center

1:59 for two mics

Thumbs up so people can quick compare!

[MrQuickfix79]

if the amp had direct outs couldn't you just use that to get the exact sound of the amp?

[wagerofchristswar]

I love the tone of your electric guitar in the intro song. What was used to achieve it?

[seeker909]

How do you know how far away to place a condenser mic from the amp without damaging it? 

[Darvid1991]

Cheers! Great vid :) Last one was deffooo the best, i've used this technique using:

SE 1000A Condenser Microphone

SM47 Dynamic Microphone

Marshall 50W Amp

Ibanez SA series Guitar

BOSS Multieffects Pedal

Cheers again for the great tutorial ;)

[wrenf22]

nice job man

[FZ6X19FAN]

If you can't get a good tone out of a Boogie Lonestar and Sennheiser e609/ Shure Sm57 you are in the wrong line of work. Kinda of a "point and shoot" situation.

Sounds great! Nice Video.

[stul9045]

What preamp and interface did you use for the mics?

[ALIENDOOKIE]

center and the outside of the kewn? wtf you implying haha

[glassprison01]

Gotta watch phase with 2 tho, lining up both diaphragms of the mics correctly