Studio Mic Shootout - High Gain Guitar Amp (12 Mics)

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Amp: Peavey 5150 I (block letter)
Cab: Avatar Contemporary 212 w/ Celestion Greenback speakers
Guitar: ESP LTD H-1001 w/ EMG 81 + 85
Mic Preamp: A Designs Pacifica
Reamp: Radial JCR Studio Reamper (passive)
Apogee Symphony I/O into Pro Tools

Mics (in order of appearance):

Audix i5 (dynamic) 0:04
Shure SM57 (dynamic) 0:22
Shure Beta57a (dynamic) 0:41
Shure SM7b (dynamic) 0:58
Sennheiser MD421 (dynamic) 1:16
Sennheiser e906 (dynamic) 1:34
Electro-Voice RE20 (dynamic) 1:52
Blue Baby Bottle (large diaphragm condenser) 2:10
Oktava MK-012 w/ Dorsey mod (small diaphragm condenser) 2:28
Royer R121 ribbon (ribbon) 2:46
Manley Reference Cardioid (large diaphragm tube condenser) 3:04
Shure SM57 + Royer R121 3:22

No EQ. No Compression.

This video was made to show how different mics handle high gain guitar.