Instrument Microphones
Shure SM57 - A Real Studio Workhorse!
You'll see that in many studios the Shure SM57 is one of the most used microphones because it's so good for so many things.
Although it is a good vocal mic as well, it's used by more people as an instrument mic.
Put it in front of a guitar amp, a snare, an acoustic guitar, a trumpet, sax, the list is almost endless.
I personally used one on my sax for several years on tour. Because I was going with a wire-less system I had my tech chop it in half so I could rig it to the bell of my horn and still be able to run around on stage.
I did this because up to that point nobody was making a clip-on instrument mic that came close to the 57 and I love the crisp sound I got from it.
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Sennheiser e609
The Sennheiser e609 is a dynamic microphone built especially to record a guitar amp.
The frequency response range is even wider than the Shure SM57 going from 40Hz to 18kHz giving the Sennheiser an extended higher frequency which is quite noticable in the tone.
The e609 is also very nice on the toms of a drum kit.
Sennheiser e609 Silver Dynamic Guitar Microphone
