Recording a Guitar

To record a Guitar with a DI Box and a microphone:

Find out where the guitarist will be sitting/standing so you know where to start setting up the microphone. Using your chosen microphone, place the microphone pointing towards the sound hole of the guitar but make sure that the guitarist has enough room to strum and play - otherwise they might end up hitting the microphone! A cardioid microphone is usually best for this job, but that doesn't mean you can't use any others - in fact it's best to experiment to find which one sounds best to you. I usually use a Rode NT-1A Condenser microphone to record guitars, since it has a cardioid polar pattern which records best at the front of the microphone. Since it is a condenser, it has a high sensitivity so it can pick up pretty much everything that the guitar plays.

Next, connect the DI Box to the guitar and into the inputs on the wall. This will pick up the unaltered sound of the guitar, but will not pick up the sound of the strumming or tapping of the guitar which is sometimes desired.