Need help with finger-picked acoustic

[AntonioPetrole]

Hey guys, I need advice on something. Tonight I'm recording a finger picked guitar part but all I have at my disposal is my SM7b and my SM57. I have my ISA one pre and the gain on it is super clean so I don't think I will have too much trouble as far as noise is concerned. I'm using a Taylor 214c which sounds great imo. My only concern is since it's fingerpicked and real quiet when played is that I won't be able to properly capture it and it will just sound boxy as shit. I'm thinking of just throwing my SM7 as close to it as possible but idk.

Does anyone have any rough ideas? I know I should just listen to whatever sounds best, but if I can prepare myself mentally now that might help a bit haha.

Cheers!

 

[Contra Studio]

Get the sm7 as close to that sound hole as possible and while you have time try different setups. Experiment with what you have.

 

[kev]

They are nice guitars actually, I've got one. The electronics aren't all that good and it's a tad bright that's about the only drawbacks.

 

[AntonioPetrole]

They are nice guitars actually, I've got one. The electronics aren't all that good and it's a tad bright that's about the only drawbacks.

The one I'm using doesn't have the electronics built in, but it's a great guitar. It's actually my friends. We went to GC one day and played every acoustic they had, other than the 414 (I believe) this one sounded the best, it blew every high end martin out of the water imo. We put some mellow strings on it yesterday to compensate for it being on the bright side. I'm excited to record this though! It's gonna be a good time.

 

[Sloan]

I would think you would want brighter strings to compensate for the mellow attack of fingers?

 

[AntonioPetrole]

I would think you would want brighter strings to compensate for the mellow attack of fingers?

Well we recorded a regular strummed song last night (using the SM7b and ISA One, sounded great) so the strings were for that. However, I've had an acoustic song I've been wanting to record for forever but my acoustic sounds like ass so he left me his acoustic for a few days. But yes you make a great point, I just don't want to spend another $15 on good strings haha