What mic's were used on these acoustic guitars?

[Mm1066]

They sound really crisp and full of sparkle. Anyone know what was used as far as recording goes? I like this type of sound, especially the acoustics on the Opeth 'Watershed' record as well, but I read that they used 7 mic's on one guitar, which is slightly unrealistic for me to do. I'm guessing that the mic preamp was the Neve 1073 as it was used for the rhythm guitars, but I don't know besides that.

Anything will be useful.

Cheers.

 

[bryan_kilco]

7 mics?! Damn!! Sorry I can't help you.... We have some acoustic on our album thats being recorded and we did 1 SM57 or 58...I forget...up to the sound hole and we did 2 condensor mics in the room.

 

[Mm1066]

7 mics?! Damn!! Sorry I can't help you.... We have some acoustic on our album thats being recorded and we did 1 SM57 or 58...I forget...up to the sound hole and we did 2 condensor mics in the room.

That's what I read from the Watershed session diary! I need to get another mic lead so I can use two mics.

 

[BLUElightCory]

Something tells me they didn't actually use all 7 mics for the final sound - that sounds like a phase nightmare. They probably set up 7 mics in different positions and used whichever ones sounded best for the part in the mix.

The sound of these acoustics is more about the tuning and chord voicings they're using - there are open strings ringing on every chord, and it makes the guitars sound really lush. You should be able to get close to that sound with any decent condenser as long as the actual guitar/part/player skill is similar.

But hey, I've been wrong before.

 

[arv_foh]

The sound of these acoustics is more about the tuning and chord voicings they're using - there are open strings ringing on every chord, and it makes the guitars sound really lush. You should be able to get close to that sound with any decent condenser as long as the actual guitar/part/player skill is similar.

that and a nice reverb, like a lexicon hall or something

 

[Mm1066]

Here is where I read the Opeth thing: http://www.opeth.com/index.php/discography/show/tpl/watershed-session-diary