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Originally Posted by woodman
one good mike will take you a lot further than two crappy mikes. my advice on that budget would be a Shure Beta ... not a condenser, but my experience has been that in the under-$500 price point, a quality dynamic will outperform a so-so condenser.
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This is my thinking, too. And if you don't like the beta give a Heil a try.
When you talk about stereo pairs generally people think you are talking about a matched pair. Unless you really spend the money or get very lucky one that you like for guitar is probably not going to be the same one you want for a vocal (like using a pair of SDCs). So you'd be talking about 3 mics. A stereo pair and a vocal mic and probably some sort of close isolation solution. On the other hand putting up one mic and finding the placement where you can pick up voice and guitar is probably easier....well, ok, not easy but easier to afford. You'll be spending time instead of a pile of money.