How do we get Width/spread from a single guitar performance?

hi, a bit frustrated here-

I just got a G5 mac with Pro Tools and the Mbox. I do acoustic recordings alone. Guitar, Vocals, and a little acoustic percussion/shakers. So it's pretty simple. but I'm wondering where to go from here. can anyone recommend a good acoustic/vocal mic? I read the monitor post and I know I should get some soon as I'm using headphones.

Need some ideas on recording bass guitars---Ive pluged in direct----and miced up an amp----comp,preamp,etc.
The sound Im getting is good---but I sure would like to hear some diff concepts and ides 8-)

i understand the principles, but what is the best way to do this?

when i want to record a fairly heavy rock song with many distorted rhythm guitars. i want the song to get louder and fuller in the pre-chorus, and louder and fuller still during the chorus

1. how many guitar tracks should i layer for each part of the song?

I've recorded a drum track in Sound Forge and when i save it as a wav i want to play along with guitar plugged directly into the comp and it always records both guitar and drums. I want to play along and have it only record the guitar track so i have separate tracks. Anyone know? (sorry i'm new at this)

I recorded acoustic guitars for a song that had just guitars and vocals. A very nice simple melody. In stereo, AB spaced pair. (one at the bridge, anled a little down, the other at bout the 10th fret)

I've been reading and doing research, but still can't decide on what acoustic guitar mic to get with a budget of $500 - $800.

What is the most precise mic in this range that will make you feel like you are almost in the room with the guitar?

Has anyone heard anything about Schoeps mics? If so, please elaborate on experience.

Does anyone have any experience with Cakewalk's Guitar Pro Tracks 3? I have been looking at this for the recording software in a PC based system.

My home recording based experience has been limited to a Tascam Portastudio 488 (cassette based) for many years, but now I would like to venture up so to speak.

My next stage in upgrading my DAW system is to purchase some plugins. I plan mainly to record vocals and acoustic guitar. I'm not lookin' for anything fancy - a nice natural reverb / delay, a compressor and EQ.

I've thought about TC Powercore, UAD1 and a Wavesbundle.

Can anyone give me their opinion?

Cheers!

Hi all. I just wanted some opinions on what pre(s) to look at...
I want to buy one nice pre mainly for electic guitar and male rock vocals. I'd like to keep it around $1500, but cheaper is always better (duh). I'm going to be recording alt/rock/prog directly to a DAW using a MOTU running at 96k and 24bit. A little color would be nice I think...