Recording Kick Ass Heavy Guitars 2

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Gettin' Heavy With Guitars - amp & mic setups 2  

Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we like microphones - they are somewhat of a passion of ours - why we have so many & so many different types. 
But - you don't need a whole gamut - nay plethora ! - to make things sound big, bad & beautiful - with just two of the same mic (like the sm57 as used here) you can achieve a vast array of differing spaces & tones.
This particular setup is pretty superb at adding well a defined bottom end to whatever you use it on - in this instance it's a guitar cab - but you can use it on vocals / drums / bass / horns etc.
Take two identical mics - & tape or cable tie them together so that one of the capsules is one capsule depth in front of the other:

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The one closest to the sound being recorded will be the main mic if using them in mono - you fade in the second mic to add body & tone - this second mic will be out of phase with the first some be sure to fix that in your daw. 
You can of course pan the mics left & right across the soundstage - this can create a Fu Manchu or Sabbath like wall of sound. 
For funk or Jazz guitar tones you can experiment with adding the second mic (in mono) & leaving it out of phase - Michael Jacksons' Off the Wall LP was full of funky out of phase guitar licks. 
It's a thing. 

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