I'm still having a lot of difficulty getting a decent sound using my current setup, so I was wondering what peoples experiences with mics was like. Currently my sound is very thin and fizzy, with little or no bass. I've tried all different things, including Amp EQ settings, triple and quad tracking, post-EQ and none of it sounds any good. I'm using a Palmer DI box by the way. So I was thinking of swapping to a dual mic setup, maybe 2 x SM57's, as I've heard a lot of good amateur recordings done with this. How easy is it to achieve a good sound with this? I concede defeat to Soeru as he originally recommended the SM57 route but due to space limitations I ignored him and went with the DI instead James

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I would opt for the SM57 (I currently record my Engl Fireball with an Sm58) but i believe the single microphone would be the best route. Having multiple mics can cause phasing problems, and would only cause trouble for a non experienced engineer.

Thanks man, yeah thats what I heard. I'd like to progress to dual mic'ing eventually and especially try and use the Nordstrom technique. I was just wondering how easy it was to achieve a decent sound with a single mic for a noob. I've heard that Andy Sneap just uses the one, so I know it can be done, but I'd like to think that I can get something usable fairly easily, without having to have a degree in music production....

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