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It really is by trial and error..........as to how much natural resonance and reverb you want on your recordings.....as well as the styles that you are playing..........

I know acoustic is slightly different, but I have just read a book on the Stones and when recording Exile on Maine Street, Charlie played the drums in a stair well.....mics were placed in all sorts of places to capture "the" sound...When recording in Paris, they all preferred the sound of the practice room compared to the studio itself..........Brian May (Queen) sometimes recorded with the amp and mic in a broom cupboard, sometimes threw a coat over the amp..........

When recording my acoustic for the first time, you can hear it on 'Keef n Cocaine' on Myspace, address below, and I was amazed at how much a difference of 1/2 inch (approx 1cm) would make on the overall sound..........

You could of course record it as dry as possible and then add something to it later....................

So much depends on the style and of course how YOU want it to sound.

It is all part of the fun of recording.........