I am trying to achieve the so described "Dry-in-your-face" acoustic sound.

The best way to make the Ac. guitar to sound brighter. To play 2 times and then L/R? Or to record it stereo? any Tricks/Opinions?

How do you deal with out of tune instruments/guitars etc. It drives me bonkers when people are out of tune. If you get on musicians too much it seems to kill their ego or something so I hate to kill the vibe over it. To me, tuning is sooooo important for not only sweet sound but for depth!

Recording an acoustic gtr (Takamine) w/capo that has a healthy string buzz and pick noise. The player wants stereo image and an intimate, close-mic sound. I'm having trouble finding a spot that's not accentuating pick noise or string buzz. I tried every mic set up I could think of. I'm using a pair of MK102 but I tried SR77's and a Brauner Valvet/Dragonfly combo as well with no luck.

Mic choices for recording an acoustic guitar? Maybe your top 2 favorites

ok. doing a singer-songwriter thing. she plays quiet.

mic collection:

soundelux U95s
2x km184
2x earthworks TC 30k
Royer SF-12 [with custom transformer made for me and my mic preamp by greg, the designer of...].
mic preamp: pendulum mdp-1

into rosetta a/d.

i like to track hot...

what to do?

I'm still not satisfied with the acoustic guitar sounds I've been able to capture. How do you guys get a nice "primary" guitar take, with some stereo presence to it, while avoiding boominess and phasing problems?

FYI, I'm doing a lot of R&B records where guys are asking for a very forward, present guitar sound... "like the Craig DAvid record" or "like the Babyface record".

Been playin w/my little Martin D-1 trying to get that GREAT guitar sound (to record into a gtr/vox mix).
Been playin with Sure SM81's, 414's, Oktava 012's. Tryin a few different pre/Eq's, and then into Distressors. (also have an AKG SolidTube, Blueberry, and a Lawson L47MP on the way)