I grabbed an Audix i5 recently, so took this as an opportunity to shoot out my three "guitar cab friendly" mics. Here is a clip:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15jd8nliOUsmMV_POFI9rT0kJT8Jv-Ag_/view?fbclid=IwAR3JZBkrNOsIoVQsDdbHWTYhvVpJwMLe4im2H7kVCJjlDmjWP0zgCOginY0You'll hear where the gaps of silence are. That's the end of the take and where the next microphone comes in. Three mics. double tracked. Reamp'd the same DIs for each mic. Positioning on the cab is nigh enough 100% the same. I marked it off with tape before switching them out.
Order is below - spoiler in case you want to do a blind listen first:
Gotta say... this was quite revealing for me! I don't think I really like the SM57a !!!!
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of the 57a.