Acoustic Wedding CD - Gear List and Recording Approach

I play a Takamine dreadnought acoustic/electric, for both live and recording. I've had it a long time and plays well. Before the recording started, I had it re-fretted, as well as a full neck and bridge setup to keep the intonation as steady as possible all the way up the neck.

My gear for the CD was a very lean signal path for purity and simplicity. I used 2 large condenser mics; an AKG C414 B-ULS, and a Rode NT2, a Langevin DVC mic preamp, Apogee Rosetta A/D Converter, Yamaha AW-16G 16-track hard disk workstation. I mixed down using onboard Yamaha EQ & effects, then on to mastering and duplication.

The songs were recorded with two mics, the AKG C414 about 6" from the 12th fret, and the Rode NT2 was about 8 inches away between the sound hole and the end of the guitar body. I recorded and mixed as a stereo pair, giving more space to recording a solo instrument. Most melody lines were multi-tracked to be able to reflect more parts in these classical pieces, and achieve greater smoothness in the sound of the songs. In essence, the songs present more like a guitar duet.