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08-30-2020, 02:18 AM
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What mic en recording setup is used here..:
What mic was used on James Taylors guitar? Incredibly deep, rich tone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXj9DcjjWZE 
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08-30-2020, 06:53 AM
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Perhaps someone will know by looking, but the deep, rich tone, is coming from the guitar itself, and James' playing. That particular mic does capture it well. It appears to be a large diaphragm (26mm/1") and is set to a Cardioid pattern.
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08-30-2020, 07:28 AM
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08-30-2020, 07:43 AM
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I agree with the others most of what you are hearing is the guitar in that room
Given the shape of the head basket, it appears to be some kind of Neumann U87 clone. As Jim notes with the black body a Lauten 220 is a good guess
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08-30-2020, 12:36 PM
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Typical sound from a high end larger sized guitar with that wood combo. Nicely captured with the mike in that location and around 2:50
into the video they added a second mike and/or probably some other post recording processing (and if just added post recording processing that would be what I would like to know what was used).
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08-30-2020, 02:50 PM
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Yes it's definitely stereo when he's not talking intermediately between sample playing. It would appear some type of stereo chorus is involved. It's a much different sound than when it's just the mic in the room. Both of course are great, cause it's James Taylor but clearly there's a good deal of processing goin' on here in the stereo snippets.
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09-08-2020, 02:55 AM
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Most of the dialogue is likely being picked up by an overhead boom mic (just out of frame), a typical technique for this style video. The mic in front of the guitar is muted.
The fuller sound heard during the tight shots is likely being helped by a second mic (likely the boom mic) cheated in and blended with the mic shown in the shot. Last edited by ronmac; 09-08-2020 at 04:15 AM.
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09-08-2020, 08:31 AM
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I haven't read all the comments but wouldn't most people here who have used plenty of mics agree that it could have been one of a hundred different mics and that the sound is primarily the player, the guitar, the room and the processing?
I remember on one of James Taylor's albums where on some of the songs he had used a cheap little mic taped to a popsicle stick attached to his guitar top. It sounded just as good to me as when he used a Schoeps.
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