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id like to build a guitar for a friend who has a small recording studio here in town.

when i think of a guitar built for the studio, i generally picture something smallish with a maple or mahogany type back and side wood. something dry and crisp. not a bad thing, but a far cry from a larger cedar/rosewood guitar, for example.

when speaking to my friend about what he had in mind, he mentioned that hed like something that could be recorded with the entire room mic'ed rather than a single mic close up at the guitar. should i use the same considerations building for this style of recording as i would for a single mic or a guitar plugged in directly? can i build a bigger, fuller sounding guitar or stick to the example above?

thanks in advance.

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sweat the small stuff.

I had a shallow body Ovation Celebrity with no soundhole, recorded BEAUTIFULLY. Sounded like crap otherwise.

I know.

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Old growth, shmold growth!

In my opinion you don't want to focus on volume, or projection, but on sweetness of tone. It's being mic'ed so it doe snot have to be really loud. But it does have to have nice richness in the tone. Of course almost anything can be modified to make it sound like what they want in the studio.

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

It depends on the style of music being played, and the skill of the sound engineer, but... Bass in acoustic guitars is difficult to handle in a studio setting, as can overly bright guitars be. As you say, smaller, 'drier', more mid range focused guitars tend to be easier to record, which is why a lot of studio folks prefer them. 00-18's often record beautifully.

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