Guitars have personalities that are not so simple to control sometimes and though tried/true mic placement theory is always the best way to start, I think you'll find that variations on the theme will lead you where you want to go.
For instance, my Recording King OOO is a round shoulder 12 fret with Concert depth ( a big expansive body that's pretty thin compared to most guitars. The bass really leaps out of the soundhole, impossible to mic well there.
At the 12th fret I get a boxy sound and at the bridge, a full sound that's pretty but doesn't remind me much of how the guitar actually sounds.
The solution I found was to mic the guitar from the bottom side, pretty much where an electric guitars input would be. The mic then peeks across the top of the guitar. There, I get the sound of the guitar whole and as I know it.
Experiment and remember that some guitars ring out alot of their sound through the neck and some, even the headstock rings.
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