Marshall JCM 2000 amp and cab. This is our guitarists own amp and cab. We chose to use this for the same reason as the bass head, familiarity. Using an already good sounding amp that you are comfortable with saves lots of time when it comes into dialling in a tone.
Primo 287 – This is the dynamic mic that we placed on the amp. It is a Japanese make that no longer exists and is impossible to find information about. All we know about it is that it is perfect for recording our type of guitar tone as it can pick up the midrange and high frequency sounds very clearly. We placed the mic right against the grill cloth to get as much attack as possible. For the same reason, we had it pointing just where the speaker cone meets the middle of the speaker. This is where the midrange is focused on the speaker and we wanted to capture as much of that sound as possible as we have a fairly bass-heavy mix.
Cascade FAT HEAD II ribbon mic. This was the second mic that we used. We used this ribbon mic on the amp because ribbon mics are known for being warmer and creamier sounding. This meant that it was able to pick up the low end of the tone and give more depth and tonal characteristics to the complete guitar sound.
This picture just shows the amp head and the EQ settings on it.
Oktava MK 012-01 room mic. We used this mic as a room mic because we wanted to pick up the top end of the guitar tone from the room.
With the mic placed this high, it meant that it would pick up the high frequencies from the room. mixed with the mid-heavy mic and the bass-heavy ribbon mic, this would give the guitar tone a massive range and lots of depth.