For XY, I'd always pan hard left and right - I'd actually record to a stereo track, so you basically have no choice. Let the mics do their thing as far as the stereo image.
I'm not certain, but I think that DuFour video is misleading. He says he has 2 mics, one on the neck and one on the bridge, with a 3rd (Royer) in the middle. I think what you're seeing is the neck+middle mic. You can't see his bridge mic in the video. So if I'm right, he's really using spaced pairs with a middle mic, something I do all the time as well.
The look of those mics is a bit confusing, but the Charter Oak is a pencil mic, so here, it's aimed at the neck/body joint. The Royer R10 is a side-address mic, so it's also aimed at the guitar, almost in the same direction as the Charter Oak, but since it's wider, and a ribbon, it's sort of more aimed at the body a bit more.
Last edited by Doug Young; 01-20-2022 at 08:13 PM.
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